Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
CVE-2026-45482
Score 8.4 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-09. the CNA's CVSS baseline 8.4; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.4
- EG Score
- 8.4(medium)
- EG Risk
- 38(Track)EG Risk 38/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity84% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 28%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 9, 2026
Last Modified
August 25, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Jun 9, 2026Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center
Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45482Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-45482(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 54× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
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- 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-14 04:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-14 04:28 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-08-31 00:48 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-31 00:48 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-08-25 23:05 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-25 23:05 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-08-25 23:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
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- 2026-08-25 03:19 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-08-23 11:10 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-16 14:14 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-08-16 02:33 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-15 03:54 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-15 03:54 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-15 03:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-14 16:33 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-08-14 16:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-14 08:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-14 08:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-13 21:00 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-08-13 09:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-12 22:22 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-12 11:02 UTCVendor advisory
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- 2026-08-11 23:34 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-11 00:53 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-09 14:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-09 03:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-09 03:29 UTCVendor advisory
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