CVE-2026-47281: CWE-862: Missing Authorization in Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Missing authorization in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-47281 and classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), affects Microsoft Visual Studio Code version 1.0.0. It allows an attacker without prior privileges to elevate their privileges remotely due to missing authorization checks. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 9.6, indicating a critical severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official fix to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely elevate privileges on a system running the affected version of Visual Studio Code, potentially gaining full control over the application and compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and system resources.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability. Users should apply the provided patch from the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47281 to remediate the issue.
CVE-2026-47281: CWE-862: Missing Authorization in Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Description
Missing authorization in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.6critical
Affected software
Microsoft
Visual Studio Code
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-47281 and classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), affects Microsoft Visual Studio Code version 1.0.0. It allows an attacker without prior privileges to elevate their privileges remotely due to missing authorization checks. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 9.6, indicating a critical severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official fix to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely elevate privileges on a system running the affected version of Visual Studio Code, potentially gaining full control over the application and compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and system resources.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability. Users should apply the provided patch from the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47281 to remediate the issue.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-18T23:53:33.896Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47281","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a284cec8dd33fbd85664fa8
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 17:27:08 UTC
Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 13:46:09 UTC
Last updated: 09/14/2026, 10:01:31 UTC
Views: 193
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