CVE-2026-50520 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Visual Studio Code

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.0`	affected	< 1.128.1

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Visual Studio Code Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50520

History

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Title		Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
First Time appeared		Microsoft Microsoft visual Studio Code
Weaknesses		CWE-77
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code::::::::
Vendors & Products		Microsoft Microsoft visual Studio Code
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50520
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.4, 'vector': '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'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2026-07-14T17:05:07.225Z

Updated: 2026-07-14T18:52:56.611Z

Reserved: 2026-06-04T19:00:41.292Z

Link: CVE-2026-50520

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-14T18:01:14.279Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-77

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