CVE-2021-28967
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 24, 2021 at 06:19 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:47 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMatlab
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The unofficial MATLAB extension before 2.0.1 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted workspace because of lint configuration settings.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/Gimly/vscode-matlab/commit/fc5dc53397677464099e80629e785a25718bf5ecx_refsource_MISCRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/Gimly/vscode-matlab/releasesx_refsource_MISCProductRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/Gimly81.matlab/changelogCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
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