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 Windows executable files with imported functions susceptible to pointer hijacking.
Causes risk: execution hijacking concerns
hardening
Problem
Sensitive executable memory regions should be kept as read-only to protect the integrity of trusted execution code flow paths. Imported function addresses are pointers to the symbols that implement the application-required functionality. If those pointers are changed by malicious code, execution paths can be redirected to unintended locations. Most modern programming language toolchains protect those memory regions appropriately. These issues are commonly reported for outdated linkers and non-compliant executable packing solutions.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
20 packages
found in
Top 100
156 packages
found in
Top 1k
474 packages
found in
Top 10k
1793 packages
in community
Next steps
Review the programming language linker options, and consider a build toolchain update.
Detected Windows executable files with TLS callbacks susceptible to pointer hijacking.
Causes risk: execution hijacking concerns
hardening
Problem
Sensitive executable memory regions should be kept as read-only to protect the integrity of trusted execution code flow paths. Thread local storage (TLS) callbacks are pointers to code initialization and resource release functions. If those pointers are changed by malicious code, execution paths can be redirected to unintended locations. Most modern programming language toolchains protect those memory regions appropriately. These issues are commonly reported for outdated linkers and non-compliant executable packing solutions.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
13 packages
found in
Top 100
101 packages
found in
Top 1k
347 packages
found in
Top 10k
1272 packages
in community
Next steps
Review the programming language linker options, and consider a build toolchain update.
Detected presence of high severity vulnerabilities.
Causes risk: high 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 high severity.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
72 packages
found in
Top 100
583 packages
found in
Top 1k
3344 packages
found in
Top 10k
17282 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.
Detected Windows executable files that do not implement the ASLR vulnerability mitigation protection.
Causes risk: baseline mitigations missing
hardening
Problem
Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is a vulnerability mitigation option that forces software components to load on a different memory base address each time they are used. This makes the memory layout unpredictable, and it is therefore harder for malicious code to be reliably injected during application runtime.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
12 packages
found in
Top 100
82 packages
found in
Top 1k
330 packages
found in
Top 10k
1239 packages
in community
Next steps
It's highly recommended to enable this option for all software components used at security boundaries, or those that process user controlled inputs. For best results, use ASLR together with Data Execution Prevention (DEP/NX).
To enable this mitigation, refer to your programming language linker documentation.
In Microsoft VisualStudio, you can enable ASLR mitigation by setting the linker option /DYNAMICBASE to ON.
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
Contains URLs that link to interesting file formats.
network
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
61 packages
found in
Top 100
477 packages
found in
Top 1k
2617 packages
found in
Top 10k
15022 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
834 packages
found in
Top 1k
6690 packages
found in
Top 10k
83799 packages
in community
Executes a file.
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
47 packages
found in
Top 100
282 packages
found in
Top 1k
936 packages
found in
Top 10k
4064 packages
in community
Creates a process.
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
82 packages
found in
Top 100
646 packages
found in
Top 1k
3580 packages
found in
Top 10k
19750 packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(2 Active Vulnerabilities)
None
2 (2 Fixable)
CVE-2022-25883h
CVE-2024-21538h
None
None
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated