PT-2026-40247 · Microsoft · Visual Studio Code

CVE-2026-41611 · Published 2026-05-12 · Updated 2026-06-04

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Visual Studio Code (affected versions not specified)

Description Improper neutralization of script-related HTML tags in a web page leads to a basic cross-site scripting (XSS) issue. This lack of data sanitization at the control level allows an unauthorized attacker to execute arbitrary code locally.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Command Injection

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-77

CWE-79

CWE-80

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-07695

CVE-2026-41611

Affected Products

Visual Studio Code

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41611 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41611 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-07695 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41611 · Security Note
• https://reddit.com/gallery/1twzgl0 · Reddit Post