What is GHSA-hccq-3qmx-2g7f?

GHSA-hccq-3qmx-2g7f is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-hccq-3qmx-2g7f cover?

GHSA-hccq-3qmx-2g7f covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-102238. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-hccq-3qmx-2g7f?

GHSA-hccq-3qmx-2g7f has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.6, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-hccq-3qmx-2g7fCriticalCVSS 9.6

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

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

October 13, 2026

Last Modified

October 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-102238 →

📋 Description

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

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102238
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-102238
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hccq-3qmx-2g7f