CVE Catalog

CVE-2021-43891

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
13.85%

96th percentile - higher than 96% of all known CVEs

Summary

Visual Studio Code contains a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user.

Risk Assessment

Risk of taking over a developer's workstation and accessing sensitive data.

Recommendation

Update Visual Studio Code to the latest version that includes the security fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS