Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-70098 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-70098 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-70098?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 13 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-70098?
- 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-2026-70098 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-70098?
- 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
A missing authorization check in Visual Studio Code permits unauthenticated remote code execution over the network. The vulnerability requires no authentication or user interaction, allowing an attacker to directly execute code on a target system running the affected product. The attack vector is network-based, enabling exploitation from remote systems.
Affected products
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Timeline
- 2026-10-13: disclosed