PT-2025-31362 · Amazon+1 · Amazon Q Developer Visual Studio Code Extension+1

Aditya169 · Published 2025-07-30 · Updated 2026-01-16 · CVE-2025-8217

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Amber

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Amazon Q Developer Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension version 1.84.0

Description The Amazon Q Developer Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension v1.84.0 contains injected code intended to call the Q Developer CLI. This code executes upon extension launch but contains a syntax error, preventing a successful API call.

Recommendations Upgrade to version 1.85.0. Remove all installations of version 1.84.0.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-506

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-8217

GHSA-7G7F-FF96-5GCW

Affected Products

Amazon Q Developer Visual Studio Code Extension

Visual Studio Code

References · 9

• https://github.com/aws/aws-toolkit-vscode/releases/tag/amazonq%2Fv1.85.0 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8217 · Vendor Advisory
• https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-015 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8217 · Security Note
• https://github.com/aws/aws-toolkit-vscode/security/advisories/GHSA-7g7f-ff96-5gcw · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/138624 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/28729 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/_cvereports/status/2012312860089610364 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1950365028512571624 · Twitter Post