What is GHSA-m7vq-9w86-qx38?

GHSA-m7vq-9w86-qx38 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-m7vq-9w86-qx38 cover?

GHSA-m7vq-9w86-qx38 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-45496. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-m7vq-9w86-qx38?

GHSA-m7vq-9w86-qx38 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-m7vq-9w86-qx38MediumCVSS 5.5

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

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-45496 →

📋 Description

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45496
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45496
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m7vq-9w86-qx38