Automatic security check · Public OSINT only

Company website

https://code.visualstudio.com/?_exp_home=e855cfac50

code.visualstudio.com security check

Public OSINT valuation for code.visualstudio.com: grade C (66/100). Title signal “Visual Studio Code - Build what comes next”. 3 security headers present, 5 commonly expected headers missing. This is a defensive surface review — not a penetration test.

66
/100
Grade C
  1. High concern
  2. Elevated risk
  3. Caution advised
  4. Trusted — verify
  5. Strong protections
Caution advised

Mixed public signals. Review missing headers, domain age, and independent reputation before trusting it.

Checked 2026-11-01T12:50:59Z · Method: automated passive checks · No attacks, no exploits

Company website · Services · Social

Company website

https://code.visualstudio.com/?_exp_home=e855cfac50

Services & products

  • Agents https://code.visualstudio.com/features/agents
  • Models https://code.visualstudio.com/features/models
  • Customizations https://code.visualstudio.com/features/customizations
  • Continuity https://code.visualstudio.com/features/continuity
  • Write code https://code.visualstudio.com/features/code-editing
  • Enterprise https://code.visualstudio.com/features/enterprise
  • Extensibility https://code.visualstudio.com/features/extensibility

Social & LinkedIn

  • LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/vs-code
  • GitHub https://github.com/mcp?utm_source=vscode-website&utm_campaign=mcp-registry-server-launch-2025
  • GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/vscode
  • GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/344930
  • GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/345150
  • GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/345225
  • GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/345249
  • GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/345267
  • GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/345320
  • GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/345324
  • GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/345462
  • GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/345505
  • GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/345521
  • GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+base%3Amain
  • GitHub https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-Contribute
  • GitHub https://github.com/mobile
  • Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vscode
  • Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/vscode/
  • TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@vscode
  • YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@code

Links are extracted from public crawl HTML only. We never invent profiles or product pages.

How we scored code.visualstudio.com

Positive signals

  • TLS handshake OK (TLSv1.3).
  • HTTP Strict Transport Security is present.
  • Content-Security-Policy observed.
  • DNS resolves publicly (A/AAAA).
  • robots.txt is publicly available.
  • RDAP domain record available (visualstudio.com).

Risk signals

  • X-Powered-By disclosed: ASP.NET.

Findings

Technical details

DNS

resolved
A
150.171.109.107
AAAA
2603:1061:14:67::1
PTR
—
error
—

TLS / certificate

ok
version
TLSv1.3
cipher
TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
issuer
Microsoft Corporation
notAfter
Jan 19 15:06:26 2027 GMT
SAN sample
code.visualstudio.com
error
—

HTTP & security headers

3 present
finalUrl
https://code.visualstudio.com/?_exp_home=e855cfac50
status
200
server
—
x-powered-by
ASP.NET
present
content-security-policy, strict-transport-security, x-content-type-options
missing
x-frame-options, referrer-policy, permissions-policy, cross-origin-opener-policy, cross-origin-resource-policy
cookie Secure
False
cookie HttpOnly
False

Tech fingerprint (public)

passive
title
Visual Studio Code - Build what comes next
generator
—
tech
—
script hosts
consentdeliveryfd.azurefd.net, js.monitor.azure.com, x
description
Code with precision, collaborate with agents, orchestrate a team of them, and continue your work wherever you are with Visual Studio Code.

RDAP / registration

rdap
domain
visualstudio.com
registrar
MarkMonitor Inc.
created
1997-03-18T05:00:00Z
expires
2027-03-19T04:00:00Z
nameservers
ns1-07.azure-dns.com, ns2-07.azure-dns.net, ns3-07.azure-dns.org, ns4-07.azure-dns.info
status
client delete prohibited, client transfer prohibited, client update prohibited
error
—

Public well-known

passive
/.well-known/security.txt
HTTP 404
/robots.txt
HTTP 200 · found
/security.txt
HTTP 404
Analyzed 2026-11-01T12:50:59Z USA24 passive OSINT (DNS/TLS/HTTP/RDAP/well-known) — no exploits More recent checks