What is GHSA-h46c-53c5-55xv?

GHSA-h46c-53c5-55xv is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-h46c-53c5-55xv cover?

GHSA-h46c-53c5-55xv covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-81377. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-h46c-53c5-55xv?

GHSA-h46c-53c5-55xv has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-h46c-53c5-55xvMediumCVSS 6.5

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 8, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-81377 →

📋 Description

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over a network.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81377
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-81377
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h46c-53c5-55xv