---
id: 7636
title: "RCE in VSCode Copilot Chat"
source_domain: hacktron.ai
source_url: "https://www.hacktron.ai/blog/rce-in-vscode-copilot"
published_at: "2026-05-13T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["rce", "prompt-injection", "vscode", "copilot", "agent-mode", "codespace"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/7636"
lang: en
---

# RCE in VSCode Copilot Chat

## Summary

VSCode Copilot agent mode is vulnerable to prompt injection: a maintainer clicking 'code with agent mode' on a crafted issue makes Copilot open a codespace and auto-run the issue text.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hacktron.ai
- **Published:** 2026-05-13T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hacktron.ai/blog/rce-in-vscode-copilot
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/7636