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Apply patch sensitive file workaround

High
connor4312 published GHSA-rg3f-8xq5-hwh6 May 12, 2026

Package

vscode

Affected versions

<1.119.1

Patched versions

None

Description

VS Code - Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in VS Code 1.119.0 and earlier versions where a crafted prompt-injection on certain GPT family models can cause the agent to edit sensitive files without presenting confirmation to the user.

Patches

The fix is available starting with VS Code 1.119.1. The fix (be09b4c) mitigates this attack by validating paths are unchanged after patch healing.

Workarounds

Avoid including untrusted data in GPT prompts.

References

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2026-41109

Weaknesses

No CWEs