CVE-2025-26631
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-26631- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-6312
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-6312- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4426-5gmw-3hrf
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate...
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-4426-5gmw-3hrf- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-26631- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-26631- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-26631 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) in Microsoft Visual Studio Code, published March 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.