Top issues
Detected presence of severe vulnerabilities with active exploitation.
Causes risk: actively exploited vulnerabilities
vulnerabilities
Problem
Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known severe vulnerabilities. Available threat intelligence telemetry has confirmed that the reported high or critical severity vulnerabilities are actively being exploited by malicious actors.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
67 packages
found in
Top 100
548 packages
found in
Top 1k
3078 packages
found in
Top 10k
17.39k packages
in community
Next steps
We strongly advise updating the component to the latest version.
If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.
Detected presence of critical severity vulnerabilities.
Causes risk: critical severity vulnerabilities
vulnerabilities
Problem
Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Based on the CVSS scoring, these vulnerabilities have been marked as critical severity.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
60 packages
found in
Top 100
453 packages
found in
Top 1k
2271 packages
found in
Top 10k
12.07k packages
in community
Next steps
Perform impact analysis for the reported CVEs.
We strongly advise updating the component to the latest version.
If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.
Problem
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are structured addresses that point to locations and assets on the internet. URLs allow software developers to build complex applications that exchange data with servers that can be hosted in multiple geographical regions. URLs can commonly be found embedded in documentation, configuration files, source code and compiled binaries. One or more embedded URLs were discovered to link to raw files hosted on GitHub. Attackers often abuse popular web services to host malicious payloads. Since code-sharing services URLs are typically allowed by security solutions, using them for payload delivery increases the odds that the malicious code will reach the user. While the presence of code-sharing service locations does not imply malicious intent, all of their uses in a software package should be documented and approved. An increasing number of software supply chain attacks in the open source space leverages the GitHub service to deliver malicious payloads.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
79 packages
found in
Top 100
622 packages
found in
Top 1k
4233 packages
found in
Top 10k
29.36k packages
in community
Next steps
Investigate reported detections.
If the software should not include these network references, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.
You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.
Consider an alternative delivery mechanism for software packages.
Detected presence of files containing domains used for intercepting and inspecting HTTP requests.
hunting
Problem
Applications communicate with web services by exchanging HTTP requests. During software development, externally hosted services are used by developers to debug software quality issues relating to exchanging HTTP requests. Attackers commonly abuse tools designed for HTTP request inspection to monitor network traffic and extract sensitive information from the HTTP traffic. While the presence of domains related to HTTP inspection does not imply malicious intent, all of their uses in a software package should be documented and approved. Attackers might have purposely injected security testing tools in the software package to monitor the network traffic of the infected computer system. It is also possible that the software package has mistakenly included a part of its testing infrastructure during packaging.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
32 packages
found in
Top 100
236 packages
found in
Top 1k
1220 packages
found in
Top 10k
7.61k packages
in community
Next steps
Investigate reported detections.
If the software should not include these network references, investigate your build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.
You should delay the software release until the investigation is completed, or until the issue is risk accepted.
Consider removing all references to flagged network locations.
Detected presence of medium severity vulnerabilities.
Causes risk: medium severity vulnerabilities
vulnerabilities
Problem
Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Based on the CVSS scoring, these vulnerabilities have been marked as medium severity.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
64 packages
found in
Top 100
530 packages
found in
Top 1k
2998 packages
found in
Top 10k
16.52k packages
in community
Next steps
Perform impact analysis for the reported CVEs.
Update the component to the latest version.
If the update can't resolve the issue, create a plan to isolate or replace the affected component.
Top behaviors
Contains URLs that link to raw files on GitHub.
network
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
79 packages
found in
Top 100
622 packages
found in
Top 1k
4233 packages
found in
Top 10k
29.36k packages
in community
Executes files during installation or upon launch.
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
94 packages
found in
Top 100
837 packages
found in
Top 1k
6746 packages
found in
Top 10k
87.76k packages
in community
Decompresses data using the Inflate algorithm.
packer
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
69 packages
found in
Top 100
489 packages
found in
Top 1k
2679 packages
found in
Top 10k
15.3k packages
in community
Decompresses data using the GZip algorithm.
packer
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
70 packages
found in
Top 100
500 packages
found in
Top 1k
2940 packages
found in
Top 10k
18.75k packages
in community
Decompresses data using the Brotli algorithm.
packer
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
54 packages
found in
Top 100
333 packages
found in
Top 1k
1926 packages
found in
Top 10k
12.1k packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(3 Active Vulnerabilities)
1 (1 Fixable)
CVE-2020-15168m
2 (2 Fixable)
CVE-2025-7783c
CVE-2022-0235m
None
None
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated