Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-70094 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-70094 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-70094?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 10 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-70094?
- 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-2026-70094 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-70094?
- 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
Visual Studio Code contains an untrusted search path vulnerability that allows remote code execution over a network without requiring user authentication. The vulnerability stems from the application loading executable or library files from an untrusted location during its search path resolution, enabling an attacker on the network to place malicious code that will be executed with the privileges of the Visual Studio Code process.
Affected products
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Timeline
- 2026-11-10: disclosed