GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
view advisory published 2026-02-10
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describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-21523US | — | — | ||
Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network. | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- CVE-2026-21523 GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CSAFself
- CVE-2026-21523 GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTMLself
- Microsoft Support Lifecycleexternal
- Common Vulnerability Scoring Systemexternal
- Microsoft Exploitability Indexexternal
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remediations (2)
- FixedMicrosoft Visual Studio Code CoPilot Chat Extension
0.37.1:Security Update:https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/ - FixedVisual Studio Code
1.110.1:Security Update:https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_110
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_110
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