Open VSX Removes 77 Malicious Evil Twin Extensions Exfiltrating Developer Data

A cluster of 77 extensions on the Open VSX marketplace has been found to impersonate legitimate developer tools while transmitting information about the systems and development environments on which they were installed. The "evil twin" extensions were uploaded to the repository between July 26 an...

CVE-2026-28353

Trivy Vulnerability Scanner is a VS Code extension that helps find vulnerabilities. In Trivy VSCode Extension version 1.8.12, which was distributed via OpenVSX marketplace was compromised and contained malicious code designed to leverage local AI coding agent to collect and exfiltrate sensitive...

PT-2026-23503

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Trivy Vulnerability Scanner VS Code Extension version 1.8.12 Description The Trivy Vulnerability Scanner VS Code extension was compromised with malicious code in version 1.8.12, distributed through the OpenVSX marketplace. This malicious code...