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 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.
Problem
Software developers use programming and design knowledge to build reusable software components. Software components are the basic building blocks for modern applications. Software consumed by an enterprise consists of hundreds, and sometimes even thousands of open source components. Each of these components can have dozens, or even hundreds, of its own dependencies. When building applications, software developers download and install components from public repositories. For components to work properly, all of their dependencies also need to be installed. Some package repositories, like Node Package Manager (NPM), allow components to declare dependencies that are hosted remotely. Such dependencies are automatically downloaded from a specified location during software component installation. Since remotely hosted dependencies are not immutable, that enables a threat actor to change the dependency contents even after a component was published and vetted by security solutions. It is uncommon to find open source components that use remotely hosted source dependencies.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
45 packages
found in
Top 100
287 packages
found in
Top 1k
1577 packages
found in
Top 10k
8067 packages
in community
Next steps
Review software component remote dependency locations.
If the software component resolves dependencies from unusual locations, investigate the build and release environment for software supply chain compromise.
Consider vendoring the software component with all of its dependencies.
Avoid using this software package until it is vetted as safe.
Top behaviors
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
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
Deletes a file/directory.
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
82 packages
found in
Top 100
681 packages
found in
Top 1k
4308 packages
found in
Top 10k
24712 packages
in community
Registers a listener that can execute code when a document is either closed, opened, or saved.
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
61 packages
found in
Top 100
427 packages
found in
Top 1k
1959 packages
found in
Top 10k
9904 packages
in community
The software package contains remotely hosted source dependencies.
anomaly
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior commonly used by malicious software (Important)
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
45 packages
found in
Top 100
287 packages
found in
Top 1k
1577 packages
found in
Top 10k
8067 packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(1 Active Vulnerabilities)
None
1 (1 Fixable)
CVE-2021-43138h
None
None
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated