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CVE-2022-30129

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-30129 is a high-severity Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio Code. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 8.8, allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a user's system through a low-complexity attack requiring user interaction. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog, its high EPSS score and significant media coverage indicate a notable risk. There is no public exploit code available, but community discussion suggests awareness of the flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.67.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0.0, < 1.67.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
41.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4172 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Visual Studio CodeFixed in: 1.67.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-May/CVE-2022-30129Important

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

May 10, 2022

References

blog.sonarsource.com / securing-developer-tools-argument-injection-in-vscode
ExploitThird Party Advisory
portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-30129
PatchVendor Advisory
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-30129