A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when a user is tricked into opening a malicious 'package.json' file, aka 'Visual Studio JSON Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

Related CVEs

CVE-2020-16881

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-jq68-qcp2-fcqh

Published

May 24, 2022 5:28 PM

Last Modified

January 1, 2024 12:30 AM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: June 12, 2025 6:24 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.