What is GHSA-w2gf-r9r2-8q47?

GHSA-w2gf-r9r2-8q47 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Visual...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-w2gf-r9r2-8q47 cover?

GHSA-w2gf-r9r2-8q47 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-50520. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-w2gf-r9r2-8q47?

GHSA-w2gf-r9r2-8q47 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.4, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-w2gf-r9r2-8q47HighCVSS 8.4

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Visual...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-50520 →

📋 Description

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50520
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50520
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w2gf-r9r2-8q47