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CVE-2019-0728
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when it process environment variables after opening a project, aka…
High7.8EPSS 27.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when it process environment variables after opening a project, aka 'Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 27.7% · top 1.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Remote Code Execution
Affected products
Microsoft · Visual Studio Code
- affected unspecified
References (4)
- 106913 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0728 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20190430 Spoofing OpenPGP and S/MIME Signatures in Emails (multiple clients) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20190430 OpenPGP and S/MIME signature forgery attacks in multiple email clients (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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