SB2022030824 - Spoofing attack in Visual Studio Code

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24526)

CWE-ID: CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information (Clickjacking, spoofing)

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data in Visual Studio Code. A remote attacker can spoof page content.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-24526
• https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/security/advisories/GHSA-9rwm-gmc5-vhrf