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CVE-2023-36742

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-36742 is a high-severity Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio Code. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability locally, requiring user interaction, to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog or having public exploit code, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.82.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0.0, < 1.82.1CPE 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
1.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0121 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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: 1.82.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Sep/CVE-2023-36742Important

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Sep 12, 2023

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36742
PatchVendor Advisory