CVE-2021-43907

published 2021-12-15

CVE-2021-43907: Visual Studio Code WSL Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Priority P2 60 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

ITW

Visual Studio Code WSL Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	visual_studio_code_wsl_extension	< 0.63.11	0.63.11
microsoft	windows_subsystem_for_linux	< 0.63.11	0.63.11
msrc	visual_studio_code_wsl_extension	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 10.0 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

vendor_msrc 9.8 CRITICAL

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