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CVE-2021-28792

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 18, 2021 at 03:04 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:46 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSwift Development Environment

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

The unofficial Swift Development Environment extension before 2.12.1 for Visual Studio Code allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by constructing a malicious workspace with a crafted sourcekit-lsp.serverPath, swift.languageServerPath, swift.path.sourcekite, swift.path.sourcekiteDockerMode, swift.path.swift_driver_bin, or swift.path.shell configuration value that triggers execution upon opening the workspace.

Affected

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

Swift Development Environment· Swift Development Environment Project
95%
v < 2.12.1
Affected range stops below 2.12.1, 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 (2)

x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/vknabel/vscode-swift-development-environment/releases/tag/2.12.1
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/14

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
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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