Top issues
Detected presence of potentially unwanted applications.
Causes risk: undesirable applications found
threats
Problem
Potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) can be considered a risk by some software users. This threat type typically collects private user data, or in more extreme cases, tampers with system security settings. Most threat prevention solutions detect and block PUAs. Software packages that trigger security solution detections also tend to increase the number of support calls and open tickets from users.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
3 packages
found in
Top 100
12 packages
found in
Top 1k
49 packages
found in
Top 10k
237 packages
in community
Next steps
Revise the use of components that raise these alarms. If you can't deprecate those components, make sure they are well-documented.
Detected presence of software components with potentially unwanted dependencies.
Causes risk: undesirable dependencies found
threats
Problem
Potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) can be considered a risk by some software users. This threat type typically collects private user data, or in more extreme cases, tampers with system security settings. Most threat prevention solutions detect and block PUAs. Some software dependencies may be optional, and could be installed or downloaded only if a certain pre-defined condition is met. When software dependencies are confirmed to be found within the software package, additional issues might also be reported. Software packages that trigger security solution detections also tend to increase the number of support calls and open tickets from users.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
0 packages
found in
Top 100
0 packages
found in
Top 1k
0 packages
found in
Top 10k
1 packages
in community
Next steps
Revise the use of components that raise these alarms. If you can't deprecate those components, make sure they are well-documented.
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 malware-exploited vulnerabilities.
Causes risk: malware exploited vulnerabilities
vulnerabilities
Problem
Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Available threat intelligence telemetry has confirmed that the reported vulnerabilities are actively being exploited by malicious actors. Malware code that propagates through these vulnerabilities has been created. This increases the chance of automated malware attacks affecting the software component users.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
27 packages
found in
Top 100
164 packages
found in
Top 1k
531 packages
found in
Top 10k
2.18k 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.
Top behaviors
Contains URLs that use typosquatted variations of trusted domains.
network
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior commonly used by malicious software (Important)
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
7 packages
found in
Top 100
38 packages
found in
Top 1k
136 packages
found in
Top 10k
510 packages
in community
Tampers with system environment variables.
settings
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
53 packages
found in
Top 100
331 packages
found in
Top 1k
1160 packages
found in
Top 10k
5.29k packages
in community
Modifies file/directory permissions.
permissions
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
67 packages
found in
Top 100
547 packages
found in
Top 1k
2891 packages
found in
Top 10k
14.99k packages
in community
Changes file ownership.
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
45 packages
found in
Top 100
315 packages
found in
Top 1k
1576 packages
found in
Top 10k
7.59k packages
in community
Might contain potentially obfuscated code or data.
anomaly
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
84 packages
found in
Top 100
679 packages
found in
Top 1k
4393 packages
found in
Top 10k
30.42k packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(62 Active Vulnerabilities)
15 (15 Fixable)
CVE-2019-15657c
CVE-2023-45133h
CVE-2021-37701h
47 (45 Fixable)
CVE-2019-10746c
CVE-2019-10747c
CVE-2019-19919c
1 (1 Fixable)
CVE-2023-45311c
None
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated