QID 375854

Date Published: 2021-09-15

QID 375854: Visual Studio Code Spoofing Vulnerability

Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor which runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Affected Versions:
Visual studio code prior to version 1.59.1

QID Detection Logic(Authenticated):
This QID checks for the vulnerable versions of Visual Studio Code.

Visual Studio Code is prone to Spoofing Vulnerability

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.9 severity.
  • Solution
    Customers are advised to refer to CVE-2021-26437 for more information pertaining to this vulnerability.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 375854

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    CVE-2021-26437 URL Logo code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_59