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CVE-2021-27082

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CVE-2021-27082 is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit for Visual Studio Code. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it requires user interaction and local access, but successful exploitation could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit modules, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:quantum_development_kit:-:*:*:*:*: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
3.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0373 is in the 89th 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: Microsoft Quantum Development Kit for Visual Studio Code
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2021-Mar/CVE-2021-27082Important

Quantum Development Kit for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Mar 9, 2021

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27082
PatchVendor Advisory