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CVE-2021-26700

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-26700 is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting the npm-script extension in Microsoft Visual Studio Code. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited locally with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.3.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:npm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0595 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 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 - npm-script Extension
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

npmGHSA-r84v-qff8-jv5gcritical

Remote code execution in vscode-npm-script

May 24, 2022
microsoft2021-Feb/CVE-2021-26700Important

Visual Studio Code npm-script Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Feb 9, 2021

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-26700
PatchVendor Advisory