Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-69320 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-69320 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-69320?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 11 August 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-69320?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-69320 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-69320?
- Check whether you run Microsoft Visual Studio Code. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is an OS command injection (CWE-78) flaw in Visual Studio Code that fails to properly neutralize special elements in operating system commands. The vulnerability is network-reachable and allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code remotely without requiring prior authentication. An attacker can craft malicious input to inject OS commands that are executed with the privileges of the user running Visual Studio Code, potentially leading to full system compromise.
Affected products
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Timeline
- 2026-08-11: disclosed