A vulnerability was identified in continuedev continue up to 1.2.22. This affects the function lsTool of the file core/tools/implementations/lsTool.ts of the component JSON-RPC Server. Such manipulation of the argument dirPath leads to path traversal. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00038.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
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Version Status Constraints
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Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:continue:continue:*:*:*:*:*:visual_studio_code:*:*

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History

Tue, 19 May 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:continue:continue:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:continue:continue:*:*:*:*:*:visual_studio_code:*:*

Tue, 19 May 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Continue
Continue continue
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:continue:continue:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Continue
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Mon, 18 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Sun, 17 May 2026 23:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability was identified in continuedev continue up to 1.2.22. This affects the function lsTool of the file core/tools/implementations/lsTool.ts of the component JSON-RPC Server. Such manipulation of the argument dirPath leads to path traversal. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Title continuedev continue JSON-RPC Server lsTool.ts lsTool path traversal
First Time appeared Continuedev
Continuedev continue
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:continuedev:continue:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Continuedev
Continuedev continue
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 1.7, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-18T19:53:49.716Z

Reserved: 2026-05-17T09:30:17.576Z

Link: CVE-2026-8770

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Updated: 2026-05-18T19:52:03.840Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-18T00:16:37.343

Modified: 2026-05-19T17:30:31.000

Link: CVE-2026-8770

cve-icon Redhat

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Updated: 2026-05-18T10:48:57Z

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