CVE-2026-47282: Insufficiently protected credentials in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to disclos
Summary
GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code contain a vulnerability where credentials (login information and authentication tokens) are not properly protected, allowing an attacker to access sensitive information over a network. This is tracked as CVE-2026-47282 and has a CVSS score (a 0-10 rating of how severe a vulnerability is) of 4.0, meaning it has moderate severity.
Vulnerability Details
6.5(medium)
EPSS: 0.0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
network
low
none
required
July 14, 2026
Classification
Affected Vendors
Related Issues
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47282
First tracked: July 14, 2026 at 02:07 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%