What is GHSA-w2g5-8p9x-93xj?

GHSA-w2g5-8p9x-93xj is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-w2g5-8p9x-93xj cover?

GHSA-w2g5-8p9x-93xj covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-78461. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-w2g5-8p9x-93xj?

GHSA-w2g5-8p9x-93xj has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.4, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-w2g5-8p9x-93xjHighCVSS 7.4

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-2026-78461 →

📋 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 over a network.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-78461
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-78461
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w2g5-8p9x-93xj