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CVE-2026-81356high8.2

Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Impact

Visual Studio Code versions 1.0.0 to less than 1.136.2 have a security feature bypass vulnerability due to inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests. An attacker can bypass a security feature over a network. The impact is not specified.

Summarized by @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast. Verify details against the original sources.

Affected packages

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Affected products

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Microsoft · microsoft

Visual Studio Code

1 range
microsoft version evidence

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affected

1.0.0 → before 1.136.2

custom versions

unaffected

unknown

Other versions: unknown

Original source description

Inconsistent interpretation of http requests ('http request/response smuggling') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.

Inside the record

Evidence available

Package identity · not supplied
Version evidence
Remediation guidance · not supplied
Weakness classification
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Original records

CVE-2026-81356

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Underlying weaknesses

The source’s classification of what caused the vulnerability.

CWE-444 ↗

CWE-444: Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')

microsoft

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Environment requirements

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microsoft · platform conditions

Any condition may hold

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 1.0.0

Before: 1.136.2

Original applicability statements
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            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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            "versionEndExcluding": "1.136.2"
          }
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      }
    ]
  }
]
Contributing organizations · 2
microsoft

Assigning organization

2026-10-30
CISA-ADP

Additional data publisher

2026-09-10

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References

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msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-81356
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