CVE-2019-16765

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 25, 2019 at 05:41 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:22 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsCodeqlCodeql

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

If an attacker can get a user to open a specially prepared directory tree as a workspace in Visual Studio Code with the CodeQL extension active, arbitrary code of the attacker's choosing may be executed on the user's behalf. This is fixed in version 1.0.1 of the extension. Users should upgrade to this version using Visual Studio Code Marketplace's upgrade mechanism. After upgrading, the codeQL.cli.executablePath setting can only be set in the per-user settings, and not in the per-workspace settings. More information about VS Code settings can be found here.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.0.1
Affected range stops below 1.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Codeql· GitHubgithub-action
60%
< 1.0.1 ≤ v < 1.0.1< 1.0.1
Affected range stops below 1.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22CWE-250NVD-CWE-noinfo

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