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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2025-21264

Files or directories accessible to external parties in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

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CVE-2025-21264
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1 Nov 2026, 05:35 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2025-21264

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 May 2025, 17:15 UTC

Files or directories accessible to external parties in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

osv:CVE-2025-21264
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21264",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Files or directories accessible to external parties in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-21264",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N"
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          "database_specific": {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:30.852067298Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432676,
  "published_at": "2025-05-13T17:15:51.17+00:00"
}