CVE-2026-47287: Visual Studio Code Tampering Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Tampering

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2026-Jun

Released

2026-06-09

EPSS Score

0.79% (percentile: 52.4%)

Description

Relative path traversal in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over a network.

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? The user would have be enticed to open a malicious file in vscode. Users should never open anything that they do not know or trust to be safe.

Affected Products (1)

Developer Tools

• Visual Studio Code

Security Updates (1)

• Release Notes

Acknowledgments

Ian Brandeberry with <a href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/">Microsoft</a>

Revision History

• 2026-06-09: Information published.