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CVE-2023-36867

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-36867 is a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting the GitHub Pull Requests and Issues extension for Visual Studio Code. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to exploit, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog, there is no public exploit code available, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting limited active exploitation or public awareness at this time.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.66.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:github:pull_requests_and_issues:*:*:*:*:*:visual_studio:*:*

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
0.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0073 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 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 Code - GitHub Pull Requests and Issues ExtensionFixed in: 0.66.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Jul/CVE-2023-36867Important

Visual Studio Code GitHub Pull Requests and Issues Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Jul 11, 2023

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36867
PatchVendor Advisory