CVE-2021-28956 describes a critical vulnerability in the unofficial vscode-sass-lint extension for Visual Studio Code, affecting versions through 1.0.7. This flaw allows attackers to execute arbitrary binaries if a user opens a specially crafted workspace. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction to exploit. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, and it affects products no longer supported by the maintainer.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sass_lint_project:sass_lint:*:*:*:*:*:visual_studio_code:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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