Cybersecuritynews Critical Vulnerabilities in VS Code Extensions Expose Developers to Attacks
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Multiple vulnerabilities affecting popular Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions, including the Live Preview extension, have been discovered, exposing developers to risks such as local file exfiltration and remote code execution. The flaws, identified by researchers from OX Security, impact extensions with over 128 million downloads. Key vulnerabilities include CVE-2025-65715, CVE-2025-65716, and CVE-2025-65717, all published on February 16, 2026.
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2026-02-16
CVE-2025-65715 published
2026-02-16
CVE-2025-65716 published
2026-02-16
CVE-2025-65717 published
2026-02-18
Microsoft Live Preview vulnerability reported
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