VS Code 1.123 adds a two-hour delay before extensions auto-update to newer versions when automatic updates are enabled.

Visual Studio Code 1.124 brings more autonomous AI agents, cross-device session support, browser history, and new enterprise controls.

GitHub has confirmed that a recent breach into its internal repositories was caused by a vulnerability in a Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension called ‘Nx Console.’ The security team at ...

GitHub confirmed on May 20 that a poisoned VS Code extension installed on an employee’s device gave attackers access to roughly 3,800 internal repositories at the Microsoft-owned code storage and ...

A researcher has disclosed details of a severe VS Code vulnerability that can be exploited to steal GitHub tokens and access ...

VS Code 1.121 was released May 20, 2026, featuring yet another update to Claude Code, becoming more and more a first-class citizen in the VS Code ecosystem. Remote agents can run over SSH or dev ...

Update May 21: GitHub has now linked this breach to the TanStack npm supply-chain attack and says the employee installed a malicious version of the Nx Console extension. GitHub has confirmed that ...

GitHub confirms an employee’s compromised device led to exfiltration of internal repositories via a poisoned VSCode extension Threat actors TeamPCP are selling an archive of roughly 4,000 repos on the ...

VS Code 1.120 brings the Agents window to Stable preview. The new window opens from a title-bar button. Agent customizations include Agents, Skills, Instructions, Hooks, MCP Servers and Plugins. It ...

The Microsoft-owed software developer platform, GitHub, has confirmed a third-party has gained unauthorized access to 3800 internal repositories. The breach was detected on May 19 and likely comes ...

There's really nothing VS Code can't do ...

Sometime in early 2025, an attacker slipped malicious code into a Visual Studio Code extension, and a GitHub employee installed it. For several days, that extension ran quietly on the developer’s ...