CVE-2026-41610

🔶 medium

Summary

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

CVSS Score

6.3

Medium

EPSS Score

0.0

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-05-12

First Seen: 2026-05-17

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Lower Risk - more severe than 39.3% of all 326,604 vulnerabilities in our database.

#198,314

Below average severity

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: May 13, 2026

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

Requires human interaction

💥 Technical Impact

Partial

Limited system impact

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2026-05-15

Source NVD 🔗

CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-59 CWE-79 CWE-200

📦 Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
microsoft	visual_studio_code	Affected	< 1.119.1

🔗 References 1

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerabilit...

Vendor Advisory

🔗 Related CVEs 6

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CVE-2026-41109	⚠️ high	8.8	0.1	Improper neutralization of special elements in output used by a downstream component ('injection') in GitHub Copilot and...	2026-05-12
CVE-2026-41611	⚠️ high	7.8	0.0	Improper neutralization of script-related html tags in a web page (basic xss) in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthoriz...	2026-05-12
CVE-2026-41613	⚠️ high	8.8	0.1	Session fixation in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.	2026-05-12
CVE-2026-21518	⚠️ high	8.8	0.0	Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio ...	2026-02-10
CVE-2026-21523	⚠️ high	8.0	0.0	Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to e...	2026-02-10
CVE-2025-64660	⚠️ high	8.0	0.1	Improper access control in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a ne...	2025-11-20

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