Command Injection in Visual Studio Code - CVE-2024-43601

 

Command Injection in Visual Studio Code - CVE-2024-43601

Published: October 9, 2024 / Updated: October 14, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU98264
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43601
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in Visual Studio Code for Linux. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Visual Studio Code

How to mitigate CVE-2024-43601

Install updates from vendor's website.

Visual Studio Code - update to 1.94.1

External References

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