May 2026: Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2026-41613 Published on May 12, 2026
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Session fixation in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Weakness Types
Session Fixation
Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions.
What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CVE-2026-41613 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-41613
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Affected Versions
Microsoft Visual Studio Code:- Version 1.0.0 and below 1.119.1 is affected.