7.8High
Microsoft Visual Studio Code
CVE-2021-34528
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
What this means for your business
- It affects Microsoft Visual Studio Code. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
- An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, without a login, but only after tricking someone into an action such as opening a file or a link.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 3% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 87% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Microsoft Visual Studio Code, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
- 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Assigned by
- secure@microsoft.com
Dates
- Published
- 2021-07-14
- Last modified
- 2026-08-10
- Sources
- NVD
Affected products
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code- 1.58.1
As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.