CVE-2022-30129: Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Remote Code Execution

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2022-May

Released

2022-05-10

EPSS Score

36.91% (percentile: 97.2%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? The user would have to click on a specially crafted URL to be compromised by the attacker.

Detection & Weaponization (1 sources)

Maturity: Exploit

• GitHub PoC: 1 repositories

Affected Products (1)

Developer Tools

• Visual Studio Code

Security Updates (1)

• Release Notes

Acknowledgments

<a href="https://twitter.com/swapgs">Thomas Chauchefoin</a> with <a href="https://www.sonarsource.com/vulnerability-disclosures/">SonarSource</a>

Revision History

• 2022-05-10: Information published.