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CVE-2023-46944

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-46944 is a high-severity arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting GitKraken GitLens versions prior to 14.0.0. An attacker can exploit this by providing a crafted file to the Visual Studio Code workspace trust component. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and requiring user interaction. While not currently on the CISA KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for exploitation, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 14.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitkraken:gitlens:*:*:*:*:*: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
1.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: GitLens Git Local Configuration Exec · Nov 14, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0132 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 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

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / gitkraken/vscode-gitlens/commit/ee2a0c42a92d33059a39fd15fbbd5dd3d5ab6440
Patch
sonarsource.com / blog/vscode-security-markdown-vulnerabilities-in-extensions
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