CVE-2026-69278

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-11. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Incorrect authorization in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100CISA SSVC

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 computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
23rd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

September 29, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 11, 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-2026-69278

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-69278(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 33× in last 7d / 155× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 389 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 22:41 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-04 22:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-04 09:09 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-10-04 09:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 20:53 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-03 20:53 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-03 20:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-10-02 22:22 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-02 22:22 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-02 22:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-10-02 17:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-10-02 08:36 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-02 08:36 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-02 08:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-10-01 10:09 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-01 10:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-30 22:10 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-30 22:10 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-30 22:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-29 23:43 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-29 23:43 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-09-29 23:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-29 05:10 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-29 05:10 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-29 05:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-28 14:23 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-28 14:23 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-28 14:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-28 02:14 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-28 02:14 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-28 02:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-27 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-27 10:07 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-27 10:07 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-27 10:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-25 20:18 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-25 20:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-25 03:50 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-25 03:50 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-25 03:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-24 13:52 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-24 13:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-24 11:33 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-24 11:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-09-23 23:34 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-09-23 23:34 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-09-23 23:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-09-23 10:51 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-09-23 10:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-22 22:47 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-09-22 22:47 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-09-22 22:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-22 10:48 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-09-22 10:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-21 22:42 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-09-21 22:42 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-09-21 22:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-09-21 10:33 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-09-21 10:33 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-09-21 10:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-09-20 19:15 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-09-20 19:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-20 01:08 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-09-20 01:08 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-09-20 01:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-09-19 13:02 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-19 13:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-19 01:03 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-09-19 01:03 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-19 01:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-09-18 12:58 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-09-18 12:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-09-18 00:42 UTCEG score recompute
  59. 2026-09-18 00:42 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-09-18 00:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-09-17 05:03 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-09-17 05:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-09-16 17:04 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-09-16 17:04 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-09-16 17:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  67. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-09-16 01:42 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-09-16 01:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-09-15 06:28 UTCEG score recompute
  71. 2026-09-15 06:28 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-09-15 06:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-09-14 18:03 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-09-14 18:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-09-14 17:11 UTCVendor advisory

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-69278?
CVE-2026-69278 is a high vulnerability published on August 11, 2026. Incorrect authorization in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
When was CVE-2026-69278 disclosed?
CVE-2026-69278 was first published on August 11, 2026, with the most recent update on September 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-69278 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-69278 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (23rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-69278?
CVE-2026-69278 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-69278?
A fix for CVE-2026-69278 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-69278 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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