CVE-2026-69278: CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization in Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Incorrect authorization in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-69278 in Microsoft Visual Studio Code is categorized under CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization). It allows an unauthorized local attacker to bypass security controls, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.8, reflecting high severity with local attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction needed. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized bypass of security features locally, resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system or data within Visual Studio Code. The high CVSS score indicates significant risk if exploited.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users should apply the patch provided by Microsoft as detailed in their advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69278 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-69278: CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization in Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Description
Incorrect authorization in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.8high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-69278 in Microsoft Visual Studio Code is categorized under CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization). It allows an unauthorized local attacker to bypass security controls, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.8, reflecting high severity with local attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction needed. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized bypass of security features locally, resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system or data within Visual Studio Code. The high CVSS score indicates significant risk if exploited.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users should apply the patch provided by Microsoft as detailed in their advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69278 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-03T20:44:03.597Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69278","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a7b583cbf8831d539156716
Added to database: 08/11/2026, 17:13:32 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 17:44:00 UTC
Last updated: 08/12/2026, 00:12:10 UTC
Views: 4
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