CVE-2026-81357: CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Server-side request forgery (ssrf) in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-918, involves a server-side request forgery issue in Microsoft Visual Studio Code version 1.0.0. An attacker can exploit this flaw to bypass security controls remotely, causing a confidentiality breach and limited integrity compromise. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.2, indicating high severity. Microsoft has published an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized network-based bypass of security features, resulting in high confidentiality impact and limited integrity impact. Availability is not affected. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users should apply the vendor-provided patch as detailed in the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-81357. Since this is an official fix, applying the patch fully mitigates the vulnerability.
CVE-2026-81357: CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Description
Server-side request forgery (ssrf) in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.2high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-918, involves a server-side request forgery issue in Microsoft Visual Studio Code version 1.0.0. An attacker can exploit this flaw to bypass security controls remotely, causing a confidentiality breach and limited integrity compromise. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.2, indicating high severity. Microsoft has published an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized network-based bypass of security features, resulting in high confidentiality impact and limited integrity impact. Availability is not affected. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users should apply the vendor-provided patch as detailed in the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-81357. Since this is an official fix, applying the patch fully mitigates the vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-26T18:40:19.856Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-81357","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6aa0456aacd9273b49facec1
Added to database: 09/08/2026, 17:27:06 UTC
Last enriched: 09/08/2026, 18:37:09 UTC
Last updated: 09/08/2026, 18:54:25 UTC
Views: 2
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