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CVE-2020-1192

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-1192 describes a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio Code's Python extension. This flaw allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code when the extension processes workspace settings from a malicious notebook file. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H, I:H, A:H). While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2020.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:python:*:*:*:*:*:visual_studio_code:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1174 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Visual Studio Code
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2020-May/CVE-2020-1192Critical

Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

May 12, 2020

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1192
PatchVendor Advisory