CVE-2026-41613
Published: 12 May 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-41613 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio Code. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 40.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-29696
Vulnerability details
Session fixation in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Session fixation (CWE-384) with network access enables remote privilege escalation (T1068) via exploitation of a public-facing VS Code component (T1190).
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Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Session termination after a set interval shortens the usable lifetime of a fixed session identifier, making successful exploitation of session fixation more difficult.
Re-authentication typically forces issuance of a new session, limiting the window for exploitation of a previously fixed session identifier.
Enforces proper session ID generation and binding, preventing fixation of a known session token.
Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.
Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.