CVE-2026-54981CWE-693CWE-829

CVE-2026-54981

High · published August 11, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere in Visual Studio Code - Python extension allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00466 · 39.4th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure; CWE-829 · Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
Published
2026-08-11T21:18Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
microsoft/pythonall versions—
References (1)
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54981 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 AUG 17:05Z
    Visual Studio Code Python Extension Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
    cvelistv5