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
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 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
68 packages
found in
Top 100
555 packages
found in
Top 1k
3086 packages
found in
Top 10k
17.47k 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 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
64 packages
found in
Top 100
530 packages
found in
Top 1k
2998 packages
found in
Top 10k
16.52k 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
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. A port number is associated with a network address of a host, such as an IP address, and the type of network protocol used for communication. Within URLs, the ports are optional. Ports can be specified in a URL immediately following the domain name. Each network protocol, or schema, has a set of standard ports on which the service operates. This issue is raised when a mismatch between a network protocol and its expected port number is detected. While the presence of non-standard ports does not imply malicious intent, all of their uses in a software package should be documented and approved.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
79 packages
found in
Top 100
560 packages
found in
Top 1k
2912 packages
found in
Top 10k
17.75k 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 changing the port to one that is standard for the networking protocol.
Problem
Unicode is a text encoding standard designed to support the use of text written in all of the major languages and writing systems. While most languages are written from left to right, some are written in alternative directions. To accommodate encoding text written in such languages, the Unicode standard includes a number of special characters that allow the text direction to be specified. However, changing text direction can have adverse effects on how the encoded text is displayed and interpreted. For this reason, bidirectional Unicode control characters are commonly abused by malicious actors as a means of bypassing security solutions and avoiding detection. While presence of special Unicode characters does not imply malicious intent, all of its uses in a software package should be documented and approved. One example of acceptable use for these special characters is in script files that parse, validate, and transform Unicode-encoded text.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
67 packages
found in
Top 100
487 packages
found in
Top 1k
2562 packages
found in
Top 10k
13.67k packages
in community
Next steps
Investigate reported detections as indicators of software tampering.
Consult Mitre ATT&CK documentation: T1036.002 - Masquerading: Right-to-Left Override.
Consult publicly available materials on the Trojan Source vulnerability.
Top behaviors
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
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
Encodes data using the Base16 algorithm.
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
81 packages
found in
Top 100
643 packages
found in
Top 1k
4030 packages
found in
Top 10k
25.17k packages
in community
Decodes data using the Base16 algorithm.
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
Behavior often found in this community (Common)
72 packages
found in
Top 100
531 packages
found in
Top 1k
2840 packages
found in
Top 10k
14.21k 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
837 packages
found in
Top 1k
6746 packages
found in
Top 10k
87.76k packages
in community
Top vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(3 Active Vulnerabilities)
None
3 (3 Fixable)
CVE-2020-8203h
CVE-2021-23337h
CVE-2020-28500m
None
None
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated