CVE-2026-102851

LOWCVSS 6.1 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Incorrect privilege assignment in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-266

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-10-19: 210-19
Referenced assets2 URLs
Full discourse2 posts
  • Cristian Leo@cristian_le0

    With MCP sandboxing on, VS Code let one server use network or write access you approved for another, because approvals sat in a shared bucket (CVE-2026-102851). Fixed in 1.141.1; re-approve each server.

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  • Cristian Leo@cristian_le0

    MSRC CVE-2026-102851 (CVSS 3.1 6.1). Through 1.141.0 approvals sat in shared sandbox config; 1.141.1 ignores old shared grants instead of migrating them. No public exploitation reported. https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-102851 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/341381

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