CVE-2026-21518: GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio Code CoPilot Chat Extension
Vendor fix available · Affected: Microsoft Visual Studio Code CoPilot Chat Extension · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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Higher than 73% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
Affected products2
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio Code CoPilot Chat Extensionfrom 0.27.0 before 0.37.1
- Microsoft · Visual Studio Codefrom 1.0.0 before 1.110.1
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Published
- February 2026
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