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-2020-17023

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-vwrg-gm47-cm4h

Published

May 24, 2022 5:31 PM

Last Modified

December 31, 2023 9:30 PM

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.