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
71 packages
found in
Top 100
568 packages
found in
Top 1k
3198 packages
found in
Top 10k
16595 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
64 packages
found in
Top 100
445 packages
found in
Top 1k
2064 packages
found in
Top 10k
9214 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
78 packages
found in
Top 100
618 packages
found in
Top 1k
4203 packages
found in
Top 10k
27868 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
31 packages
found in
Top 100
233 packages
found in
Top 1k
1163 packages
found in
Top 10k
7186 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
70 packages
found in
Top 100
531 packages
found in
Top 1k
3115 packages
found in
Top 10k
16606 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
Modifies file/directory permissions.
permissions
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
65 packages
found in
Top 100
535 packages
found in
Top 1k
2853 packages
found in
Top 10k
14133 packages
in community
Might contain potentially obfuscated code or data.
anomaly
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
85 packages
found in
Top 100
673 packages
found in
Top 1k
4329 packages
found in
Top 10k
28768 packages
in community
Encrypts data using SEED cipher.
packer
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
17 packages
found in
Top 100
114 packages
found in
Top 1k
326 packages
found in
Top 10k
1157 packages
in community
Encrypts data using Data Encryption Standard (DES).
packer
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
32 packages
found in
Top 100
210 packages
found in
Top 1k
969 packages
found in
Top 10k
4247 packages
in community
Encrypts data using Blowfish cipher.
packer
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
18 packages
found in
Top 100
113 packages
found in
Top 1k
310 packages
found in
Top 10k
1133 packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(8 Active Vulnerabilities)
3 (1 Fixable)
CVE-2022-37616c
CVE-2021-32796m
CVE-2022-33987m
5 (4 Fixable)
CVE-2022-39353c
CVE-2023-26136c
CVE-2024-21534c
None
None
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated