CVE-2021-31938 describes an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability within the Microsoft VS Code Kubernetes Tools Extension. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows an attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts through a low-complexity, user-interaction-required attack. While it was addressed in the June 2021 Patch Tuesday, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion beyond a single media article.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:kubernetes_tools:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.