Vulnerability · Published Apr 20, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-28793
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 23.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
vscode-restructuredtext before 146.0.0 contains an incorrect access control vulnerability, where a crafted project folder could execute arbitrary binaries via crafted workspace configuration.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/vscode-restructuredtext/vscode-restructuredtext/releases x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/vscode-restructuredtext/vscode-restructuredtext/releases/tag/147.0.0 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/vscode-restructuredtext/vscode-restructuredtext/commit/1dd3e878a5559e3dfe0e48f145c90418b208c5af x_refsource_MISC
- https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/37 x_refsource_MISC