CVE-2022-45026 is a critical vulnerability affecting Markdown Preview Enhanced versions 0.6.5 and 0.19.6 for VSCode and Atom. This flaw, categorized as CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command), allows for arbitrary command execution during the GFM export process. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:markdown_preview_enhanced_project:markdown_preview_enhanced:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:atom:*:* | ||
0.6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:markdown_preview_enhanced_project:markdown_preview_enhanced:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:vscode:*:* | ||
0.19.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:markdown_preview_enhanced_project:markdown_preview_enhanced:0.19.6:*:*:*:*:atom:*:* | ||
0.19.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:markdown_preview_enhanced_project:markdown_preview_enhanced:0.19.6:*:*:*:*:vscode:*:* |
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.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.