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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.0 High

CVE-2026-21523

GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio Code CoPilot Chat Extension

  • 0.27.0 to < 0.37.1affected

Microsoft Visual Studio Code

  • 1.0.0 to < 1.110.1affected

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