CVE-2021-43891

high

Description

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

References

https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/malicious-git-configs-can-make-claude.html

https://github.com/parsiya/code-wsl-rce

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-43891

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-12-15

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.10713