Contagious Interview: Malware delivered through fake developer job interviews

Microsoft Defender Experts has observed the Contagious Interview campaign, a sophisticated social engineering operation active since at least December 2022. Microsoft continues to detect activity associated with this campaign in recent customer environments, targeting software developers at...

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...

The vulnerability of the Live Server extension of the Visual Studio Code source editor allows a perpetrator to gain unauthorized access to protected information.

The vulnerability of the Live Server extension of the Visual Studio Code editor relates to the lack of protective measures for website structures. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to gain unauthorized access to protected information through a specially created HTML page...

The vulnerability of the Visual Studio Code Markdown Preview Enhanced editor extension relates to improper code generation management, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the Visual Studio Code Markdown Preview Enhanced editor extension is related to improper handling of code generation. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code by loading a specially created file with the extension .Md...

Critical Flaws Found in Four VS Code Extensions with Over 125 Million Installs

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities in four popular Microsoft Visual Studio Code VS Code extensions that, if successfully exploited, could allow threat actors to steal local files and execute code remotely. The extensions, which have been collectively...

CVE-2025-65715

An issue in the code-runner.executorMap setting of Visual Studio Code Extensions Code Runner v0.12.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code when opening a crafted workspace...

CVE-2025-65716

An issue in Visual Studio Code Extensions Markdown Preview Enhanced v0.8.18 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted .Md file...

CVE-2025-65717

An issue in Visual Studio Code Extensions Live Server v5.7.9 allows attackers to exfiltrate files via user interaction with a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2025-65717

An issue in Visual Studio Code Extensions Live Server v5.7.9 allows attackers to exfiltrate files via user interaction with a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2025-65716

An issue in Visual Studio Code Extensions Markdown Preview Enhanced v0.8.18 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted .Md file...

CVE-2025-65715

An issue in the code-runner.executorMap setting of Visual Studio Code Extensions Code Runner v0.12.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code when opening a crafted workspace...

CVE-2025-65715

An issue in the code-runner.executorMap setting of Visual Studio Code Extensions Code Runner v0.12.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code when opening a crafted workspace...

CVE-2025-65717

An issue in Visual Studio Code Extensions Live Server v5.7.9 allows attackers to exfiltrate files via user interaction with a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2025-65717

An issue in Visual Studio Code Extensions Live Server v5.7.9 allows attackers to exfiltrate files via user interaction with a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2025-65716

An issue in Visual Studio Code Extensions Markdown Preview Enhanced v0.8.18 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted .Md file...

CVE-2025-65715

An issue in the code-runner.executorMap setting of Visual Studio Code Extensions Code Runner v0.12.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code when opening a crafted workspace...

CVE-2025-65715

The Code Runner extension for Visual Studio Code (versions prior to 0.12.2 ) is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to an issue in the code-runner.executorMap setting. Attackers can trigger this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening a crafted workspace or by using phishing/social e...

CVE-2025-65716

The Visual Studio Code Extensions Markdown Preview Enhanced version v0.8.18 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution due to improper handling of code generation . An attacker can trigger this vulnerability by uploading or processing a specially crafted .Md file. The flaw is specifically linked t...

PT-2026-8356

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Visual Studio Code Live Server version 5.7.9 Description An issue in Visual Studio Code Live Server allows attackers to exfiltrate files through user interaction with a specially crafted HTML page. Recommendations At the moment, there is no...