CVE-2026-81377: Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over…

PriorityP341medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNIHAN

EPSS

0.76%

53.7th percentile

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over a network.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	visual_studio_code	< 1.136.2	1.136.2
microsoft	visual_studio_code	>= 1.0.0 < 1.136.2	1.136.2

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