CVE-2020-17148: Visual Studio Code Remote Development Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

PriorityP341high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

3.55%

88.0th percentile

Visual Studio Code Remote Development Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	visual_studio_code	< 0.61.0	0.61.0
microsoft	visual_studio_code_remote_ssh_extension	>= 1.0.0 < publication	publication
msrc	visual_studio_code_remote_ssh_extension	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

vendor_msrc7.8HIGH

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