CVE-2025-62449 (GCVE-0-2025-62449)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-11 17:59
Modified
2025-11-12 00:24
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio Code CoPilot Chat Extension allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio Code CoPilot Chat Extension Version: 0.27.0   < 0.32.5
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