CVE-2025-32726
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper access control 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
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper access control in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-32726- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-10833
Improper access control in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
EUVD-2025-10833- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c56x-xgv9-mcx5
Improper access control in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges...
Improper access control in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
GHSA-c56x-xgv9-mcx5- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper access control in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-32726- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Improper access control in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Record
CVE-2025-32726- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - 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-2025-32726 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Microsoft Visual Studio Code, published April 12, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.46%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.