CVE-2026-45482 (GCVE-0-2026-45482)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 17:05 – Updated: 2026-08-25 22:43
VLAI
Title
Microsoft Visual Studio Code CoPilot Chat Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Summary
Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-10 03:57 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio Code CoPilot Chat Extension Affected: 0.27.0 , < 1.123.2 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code_copilot_chat_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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