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CVE-2022-41034

73
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-41034 is a high-severity Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio Code. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 7.8, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a user's system through a low-complexity attack requiring user interaction. While not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for exploitation, and it has garnered community discussion and media coverage, indicating active awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.72.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0.0, < 1.72.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft: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
67.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: VSCode ipynb Remote Development RCE · Nov 22, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6747 is in the 99th 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: Visual Studio CodeFixed in: 1.72.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Oct/CVE-2022-41034Important

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Oct 11, 2022

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-41034
PatchVendor Advisory
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41034