Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio Code Remote WSL Extension (December 2021)

The Microsoft Visual Studio Code Remote Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL extension is prior to version 0.63.11. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the...

CVE-2021-43907

The CVE-2021-43907 entry concerns a remote code execution vulnerability in the Visual Studio Code Remote - WSL extension. Documented details indicate an attacker could trigger arbitrary code execution on a vulnerable host via the WSL extension, with CVSS v3.1 base score 9.8 (CRITICAL) and no user...