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
No prevalence information at this timeNext 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 malware-exploited vulnerabilities.
Causes risk: malware exploited vulnerabilities
vulnerabilities
Problem
Software composition analysis has identified a component with one or more known vulnerabilities. Available threat intelligence telemetry has confirmed that the reported vulnerabilities are actively being exploited by malicious actors. Malware code that propagates through these vulnerabilities has been created. This increases the chance of automated malware attacks affecting the software component users.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
No prevalence information at this timeNext 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
No prevalence information at this timeNext 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
Private keys are used to protect sensitive information, digitally sign content, and to secure information transmission. Private keys are considered secrets, and as such should never be published. Depending on the type of a private key, its exposure can carry a varying degree of risk. Attackers abuse private keys to gain unauthorized server access, decrypt sensitive information, digitally sign content, or impersonate users whose private keys have been leaked.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
No prevalence information at this timeNext steps
Review the reported private keys and remove them from the software package if they were accidentally included.
If the keys were published unintentionally and the software has been made public, you should revoke the keys and file a security incident.
Problem
Private keys are used to protect sensitive information, digitally sign content, and to secure information transmission. Private keys are considered secrets, and as such should never be published. Depending on the private key type its exposure can carry a varying degree of risk. While it is common for private keys to be found as standalone files, the detected ones have been found embedded within another software package component. This could indicate an attempt to hide private key presence. Attackers abuse private keys to gain unauthorized server access, decrypt sensitive information, digitally sign content, or impersonate users whose private keys have been leaked.Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
No prevalence information at this timeNext steps
Review the reported private keys and remove them from the software package if they were accidentally included.
If the keys were published unintentionally and the software has been made public, you should revoke the keys and file a security incident.
Top behaviors
Grants privileges to users on the local computer.
permissions
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
No behavior prevalence information at this timeRetrieves the name of the user associated with the process.
search
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
No behavior prevalence information at this timeModifies file/directory permissions.
permissions
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
No behavior prevalence information at this timeDeletes files in Windows system directories.
file
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
No behavior prevalence information at this timeContains strings found in the V8 JavaScript interpreter.
execution
Prevalence in Visual Studio Code community
No behavior prevalence information at this timeTop vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Exploitation Lifecycle
(36 Active Vulnerabilities)
30 (29 Fixable)
CVE-2023-4807h
CVE-2022-3996h
CVE-2022-4450h
6 (6 Fixable)
CVE-2022-37434c
CVE-2024-5535c
CVE-2018-25032h
1 (1 Fixable)
CVE-2022-3358h
None
Exploits Unknown
Exploits Exist
Exploited by Malware
Patching Mandated