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CVE-2021-21420

Vulnerability in Stripe for Visual Studio Code < 1.7.3

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 1, 2021 at 09:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorStripe

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

vscode-stripe is an extension for Visual Studio Code. A vulnerability in Stripe for Visual Studio Code extension exists when it loads an untrusted source-code repository containing malicious settings. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way the extension validates its settings.

Affected

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

Stripe· Stripe
95%
v < 1.7.3
Affected range stops below 1.7.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/stripe/vscode-stripe/security/advisories/GHSA-j6x4-4622-8vv3

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-74NVD-CWE-noinfo

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