PT-2021-17920 · Microsoft · Visual Studio Code

Ryotak · Published 2021-03-18 · Updated 2022-05-20 · CVE-2021-28794

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ShellCheck extension for Visual Studio Code version 0.13.3 and earlier

Description: The issue concerns the mishandling of shellcheck.executablePath by the unofficial ShellCheck extension for Visual Studio Code.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 0.13.4, update to version 0.13.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-28794

Affected Products

Visual Studio Code

References · 8

• https://github.com/timonwong/vscode-shellcheck/pull/181 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-28794 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28794 · Security Note
• https://github.com/timonwong/vscode-shellcheck/releases/tag/v0.13.4 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/12624 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/30528 · Telegram Post
• https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/10 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/25129 · Telegram Post