Spoofing attack in Jupyter Extension for Visual Studio Code - CVE-2023-36018
Published: November 14, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83089
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-36018
CWE-ID: CWE-451
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of user-supplied data in Visual Studio Code Jupyter Extension. A local user can spoof page content. and gain elevated privileges
Affected software
Jupyter Extension for Visual Studio Code
How to mitigate CVE-2023-36018
Install updates from vendor's website.