CVE-2026-21518

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-77 Command Injection

Publication date:

10/02/2026

Last modified:

10/02/2026

Description

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command (&#39;command injection&#39;) in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

6.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21518