CVE-2025-21264
Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Files or directories accessible to external parties in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Files or directories accessible to external parties in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-21264- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-14440
Files or directories accessible to external parties in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-14440- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Files or directories accessible to external parties in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-21264- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-552
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Files or directories accessible to external parties in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-21264- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N - 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-2025-21264 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Microsoft Visual Studio Code, published May 13, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.79%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.