CVE-2026-47282: CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Microsoft Visual Studio Code
CVE-2026-47282 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio Code and GitHub Copilot involving insufficiently protected credentials. This flaw allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose sensitive information over a network. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating medium severity. An official fix is available from Microsoft to address this issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-47282 and categorized under CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials), affects Microsoft Visual Studio Code and GitHub Copilot. It allows unauthorized disclosure of sensitive credential information over a network due to inadequate protection mechanisms. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.5 with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, high confidentiality impact, and no integrity or availability impact. Microsoft has released an official fix to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can potentially disclose sensitive credential information over a network without requiring privileges, which can lead to confidentiality breaches. There is no impact on integrity or availability. The vulnerability requires user interaction to be exploited.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the provided patch from the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47282 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-47282: CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials in Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Description
CVE-2026-47282 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio Code and GitHub Copilot involving insufficiently protected credentials. This flaw allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose sensitive information over a network. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating medium severity. An official fix is available from Microsoft to address this issue.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.5medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-47282 and categorized under CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials), affects Microsoft Visual Studio Code and GitHub Copilot. It allows unauthorized disclosure of sensitive credential information over a network due to inadequate protection mechanisms. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.5 with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, indicating network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, high confidentiality impact, and no integrity or availability impact. Microsoft has released an official fix to remediate this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can potentially disclose sensitive credential information over a network without requiring privileges, which can lead to confidentiality breaches. There is no impact on integrity or availability. The vulnerability requires user interaction to be exploited.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the provided patch from the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47282 to remediate this vulnerability.
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-2026-47282","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a566f6868715ace43e6b344
Added to database: 07/14/2026, 17:18:32 UTC
Last enriched: 07/15/2026, 02:03:22 UTC
Last updated: 07/15/2026, 03:33:20 UTC
Views: 4
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