CVE-2021-28794 describes a critical vulnerability in the unofficial ShellCheck extension for Visual Studio Code, specifically versions prior to 0.13.4, where it improperly handles the "shellcheck.executablePath" setting. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.13.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shellcheck_project:shellcheck:*:*:*:*:*:visual_studio_code:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.