What is CVE-2026-41612?

CVE-2026-41612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Live Preview, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2026-41612?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Microsoft Live Preview

CVE-2026-41612

Relative path traversal in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2026-05-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Microsoft Live Preview
Microsoft Visual Studio Code - Live Preview Extension — versions 0.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Visual Studio Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability (vendor-advisory, patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-41612?: CVE-2026-41612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Live Preview, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2026-41612?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.