CVE-2026-50520

HIGHPre-NVD 8.48.4—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.4 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-14. the CNA's CVSS baseline 8.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:microsoft, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.4
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: —CVSS: 8.4Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

CVSS v3
8.4
EG Score
8.4(high)
EPSS
—
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

July 15, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 14, 2026
Patch available. Sources: microsoft.
microsoft Patch Available

Security 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-2026-50520

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-50520(1)

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.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 6× 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.

  1. 2026-07-15 04:21 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-15 04:21 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-15 04:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-14 17:13 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-14 17:13 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-07-14 17:10 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-50520?
CVE-2026-50520 is a high vulnerability published on July 14, 2026. Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
When was CVE-2026-50520 disclosed?
CVE-2026-50520 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 14, 2026, with the most recent update on July 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-50520?
CVE-2026-50520 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 8.4 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-50520?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-50520, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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