Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Recent Microsoft Visual Studio Code Security Advisories
| Advisory | Title | Published |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-29338 | Visual Studio Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability | May 9, 2023 |
| CVE-2023-24893 | Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | April 11, 2023 |
| CVE-2023-21779 | Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution | January 10, 2023 |
| CVE-2022-41034 | Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | October 11, 2022 |
| CVE-2022-41083 | Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | October 11, 2022 |
| CVE-2022-41042 | Visual Studio Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability | October 11, 2022 |
| CVE-2022-38020 | Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | September 13, 2022 |
| CVE-2022-30129 | Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | May 10, 2022 |
| CVE-2022-26921 | Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | April 12, 2022 |
| CVE-2022-24526 | Visual Studio Code Spoofing Vulnerability | March 8, 2022 |
By the Year
In 2023 there have been 3 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visual Studio Code with an average score of 6.9 out of ten. Last year Visual Studio Code had 7 security vulnerabilities published. At the current rates, it appears that the number of vulnerabilities last year and this year may equal out. Last year, the average CVE base score was greater by 0.66
| Year | Vulnerabilities | Average Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 6.87 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7.53 |
| 2021 | 19 | 7.36 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8.05 |
| 2019 | 1 | 7.80 |
| 2018 | 1 | 7.80 |
It may take a day or so for new Visual Studio Code vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilties. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.
Recent Microsoft Visual Studio Code Security Vulnerabilities
Visual Studio Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2023-29338
5 - Medium
- May 09, 2023
Visual Studio Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-24893
7.8 - High
- April 11, 2023
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2023-21779
7.8 - High
- January 10, 2023
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
CVE-2022-41034
7.8 - High
- October 11, 2022
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
Visual Studio Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability.
CVE-2022-41042
7.4 - High
- October 11, 2022
Visual Studio Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability.
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2022-38020
7.3 - High
- September 13, 2022
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
CVE-2022-30129
8.8 - High
- May 10, 2022
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
CVE-2022-26921
7.8 - High
- April 15, 2022
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.
Visual Studio Code Spoofing Vulnerability.
CVE-2022-24526
5.5 - Medium
- March 09, 2022
Visual Studio Code Spoofing Vulnerability.
Visual Studio Code Remote Development Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
CVE-2022-21991
8.1 - High
- February 09, 2022
Visual Studio Code Remote Development Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-43891
7.8 - High
- December 15, 2021
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Spoofing Vulnerability
CVE-2021-43908
4.3 - Medium
- December 15, 2021
Visual Studio Code Spoofing Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2021-42322
7.8 - High
- November 10, 2021
Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper Privilege Management
Visual Studio Code Spoofing Vulnerability
CVE-2021-26437
3.3 - Low
- September 15, 2021
Visual Studio Code Spoofing Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-34528
7.8 - High
- July 14, 2021
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-34529.
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-34529
7.8 - High
- July 14, 2021
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-34528.
Microsoft Visual Studio Spoofing Vulnerability
CVE-2021-34479
5.5 - Medium
- July 14, 2021
Microsoft Visual Studio Spoofing Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-31214
7.8 - High
- May 11, 2021
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-31211.
Command Injection
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-31211
7.8 - High
- May 11, 2021
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-31214.
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-28469
7.8 - High
- April 13, 2021
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-28457, CVE-2021-28473, CVE-2021-28475, CVE-2021-28477.
Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-28471
7.8 - High
- April 13, 2021
Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-28457
7.8 - High
- April 13, 2021
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-28469, CVE-2021-28473, CVE-2021-28475, CVE-2021-28477.
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-28477
7.8 - High
- April 13, 2021
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-28457, CVE-2021-28469, CVE-2021-28473, CVE-2021-28475.
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-28475
7.8 - High
- April 13, 2021
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-28457, CVE-2021-28469, CVE-2021-28473, CVE-2021-28477.
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-28473
7.8 - High
- April 13, 2021
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2021-28457, CVE-2021-28469, CVE-2021-28475, CVE-2021-28477.
The unofficial MATLAB extension before 2.0.1 for Visual Studio Code
CVE-2021-28967
9.8 - Critical
- March 24, 2021
The unofficial MATLAB extension before 2.0.1 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted workspace because of lint configuration settings.
Visual Studio Code Java Extension Pack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-27084
7.8 - High
- March 11, 2021
Visual Studio Code Java Extension Pack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-27060
7.8 - High
- March 11, 2021
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-1639
7.8 - High
- February 25, 2021
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Java Extension Pack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2020-17159
7.8 - High
- December 10, 2020
Visual Studio Code Java Extension Pack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Code Injection
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2020-17150
7.8 - High
- December 10, 2020
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Code Injection
Visual Studio Code Remote Development Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2020-17148
7.8 - High
- December 10, 2020
Visual Studio Code Remote Development Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Code Injection
Visual Studio Code JSHint Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2020-17104
7.8 - High
- November 11, 2020
Visual Studio Code JSHint Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Improper Input Validation
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when a user is tricked into opening a malicious 'package.json' file
CVE-2020-17023
7.8 - High
- October 16, 2020
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when a user is tricked into opening a malicious 'package.json' file, aka 'Visual Studio JSON Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when the Python extension loads a Jupyter notebook file
CVE-2020-16977
7.8 - High
- October 16, 2020
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when the Python extension loads a Jupyter notebook file, aka 'Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when a user is tricked into opening a malicious 'package.json' file
CVE-2020-16881
7.8 - High
- September 11, 2020
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when a user is tricked into opening a malicious 'package.json' file, aka 'Visual Studio JSON Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
Improper Input Validation
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when it process environment variables after opening a project
CVE-2020-0604
8.8 - High
- August 17, 2020
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when it process environment variables after opening a project, aka 'Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies
CVE-2020-1416
8.8 - High
- July 14, 2020
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies, aka 'Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Improper Privilege Management
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when the Python extension loads workspace settings
CVE-2020-1192
7.8 - High
- May 21, 2020
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when the Python extension loads workspace settings from a notebook file, aka 'Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1171.
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when the Python extension loads configuration files after opening a project
CVE-2020-1171
8.8 - High
- May 21, 2020
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when the Python extension loads configuration files after opening a project, aka 'Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1192.
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when it exposes a debug listener to users of a local computer
CVE-2019-1414
7.8 - High
- January 24, 2020
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when it exposes a debug listener to users of a local computer, aka 'Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when it process environment variables after opening a project
CVE-2019-0728
7.8 - High
- March 05, 2019
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when it process environment variables after opening a project, aka 'Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
Code Injection
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Visual Studio Code
CVE-2018-0597
7.8 - High
- June 26, 2018
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Visual Studio Code allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.
Untrusted Path
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