CVE-2025-53536 affects Roo Code, an AI-powered autonomous coding agent, prior to version 3.22.6. This vulnerability allows an attacker to achieve remote code execution by submitting malicious prompts that write to VS Code settings files, such as php.validate.executablePath, provided the victim has "Write" auto-approved. Rated 8.1 HIGH on the CVSS scale, it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.22.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:roocode:roo_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.