Top issues
Detected presence of malicious files by a machine learning algorithm.
Causes risk: malicious components found
threats
Problem
Proprietary ReversingLabs malware detection algorithms have determined that the software package contains one or more malicious files. The detection was made by a machine learning model. This malware detection method is considered proactive, and can typically identify the malware threat type. The detection is strongly influenced by behaviors that software components exhibit. Behaviors similar to previously discovered malware and software supply chain attacks may cause some otherwise benign components to be detected as malicious.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
13 packages
found in
Top 100
26 packages
found in
Top 1k
67 packages
found in
Top 10k
218 packages
in community
Next steps
Inspect behaviors exhibited by the detected software components.
If the software behaviors differ from expected, investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.
Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.
Consider rewriting code that may have triggered the detection due to its malware similarity.
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.
Detected Windows executable files compiled without following the SDL best practices while using banned string functions.
Causes risk: misconfigured toolchains detected
hardening
Problem
Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) is a group of enhanced compile-time checks that report common coding mistakes as errors. These checks prevent the use of hard-to-secure string manipulation functions. They enforce static memory access checks, and allow only the use of range-verified string parsing functions. While these checks do not prevent every memory corruption issue by themselves, they do help reduce the likelihood.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
22 packages
found in
Top 100
104 packages
found in
Top 1k
197 packages
found in
Top 10k
774 packages
in community
Next steps
It's highly recommended to enable these checks for all software components used at security boundaries, or those that process user controlled inputs.
To enable these checks, refer to your programming language toolchain documentation.
In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable this feature by setting the compiler option /SDL to ON.
Detected presence of suspicious file structure malformations.
Causes risk: malformed components found
threats
Problem
File formats are either textual or binary structured object streams. Programs that work with them, called parsers, depend on understanding the format structure. Intentional deviations from the expected file format structure can cause parsing issues, and trigger unintended code execution. During the scan, supported file formats have their specification conformance validated. While some deviations are allowed due to how widespread they are, most are subject to advanced heuristics that can detect attempts to cause format parsing issues.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
4 packages
found in
Top 100
3 packages
found in
Top 1k
8 packages
found in
Top 10k
54 packages
in community
Next steps
When such detections occur, you should first review them for accuracy and assign vulnerability labels upon confirmation.
If the software intent does not relate to file format validation, investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.
Proceed with increased caution when using this software package.
Top behaviors
Accesses system passwords.
steal
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
8 packages
found in
Top 100
14 packages
found in
Top 1k
30 packages
found in
Top 10k
84 packages
in community
Retrieves the name of the user associated with the process.
search
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
21 packages
found in
Top 100
135 packages
found in
Top 1k
319 packages
found in
Top 10k
1413 packages
in community
Deletes the value of a registry key.
registry
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
9 packages
found in
Top 100
63 packages
found in
Top 1k
169 packages
found in
Top 10k
819 packages
in community
Deletes a registry key and its values.
registry
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
10 packages
found in
Top 100
52 packages
found in
Top 1k
151 packages
found in
Top 10k
724 packages
in community
Requests permission to open other processes.
permissions
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior uncommon for this community (Uncommon)
10 packages
found in
Top 100
40 packages
found in
Top 1k
68 packages
found in
Top 10k
471 packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(4 Active Vulnerabilities)
None
4 (4 Fixable)
CVE-2022-37434c
CVE-2018-25032h
CVE-2022-25883h
None
None
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated