CVE-2025-21264: high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.1epss 0.8%
Files or directories accessible to external parties in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Affected products
Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio Code CoPilot Chat ExtensionMicrosoft · Visual Studio CodeRelated CVEs — Microsoft Visual Studio Code
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