Visual Studio Code vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product633 versions
The short answer

Visual Studio Code is made by Microsoft. We track 50 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 633 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. Microsoft lists newer releases under their own names, such as Visual Studio Code Eslint Extension, so check those pages too.

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Other names

Is Visual Studio Code listed under other names? Yes.

Microsoft also lists Visual Studio Code under more specific names, such as Visual Studio Code Eslint Extension and Visual Studio Code Github Pull Requests and Issues. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.

Known exploited

Which Visual Studio Code vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of Visual Studio Code's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Visual Studio Code flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 67%

    Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    CVSS7.8Published11 Oct 2022
  2. 62%

    Visual Studio Code Java Extension Pack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    CVSS7.8Published11 Mar 2021
  3. 41%

    Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    CVSS8.8Published10 May 2022
  4. 28%

    A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when it process environment variables after opening a project, aka 'Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

    CVSS7.8Published5 Mar 2019
  5. 14%

    Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    CVSS7.8Published15 Dec 2021
  6. 5.9%

    An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code when they load software dependencies, aka 'Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.

    CVSS8.8Published14 Jul 2020
  7. 5.6%

    Untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of Visual Studio Code allows an attacker to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in an unspecified directory.

    CVSS7.8Published26 Jun 2018
  8. 5.4%

    <p>A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when a user is tricked into opening a malicious 'package.json' file.

    CVSS7.8Published11 Sep 2020
  9. 5.2%

    A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when the Python extension loads configuration files after opening a project, aka 'Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution...

    CVSS8.8Published21 May 2020
  10. 5.1%

    Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    CVSS7.8Published14 Jul 2021
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We track 50 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Visual Studio Code, across 633 versions.

None of Visual Studio Code's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

Microsoft also lists Visual Studio Code under more specific names, such as Visual Studio Code Eslint Extension and Visual Studio Code Github Pull Requests and Issues. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.

Create a Precursor Intelligence account and track Visual Studio Code. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.