CVE-2024-26165
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
8.8 High
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
1.92%Up 1.9 points since Mar 13, 2024
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-26165- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-256
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-23441
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-23441- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-26165- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-256
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-26165- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-26165 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Microsoft Visual Studio Code, published March 12, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.92%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.