CVE-2022-21991

mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.021 · 81 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.07% (81st) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

5 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · msrc_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Visual Studio Code Remote Development Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedVisual Studio Codemsrc_csaf
1.64.1:Security Update:https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_64
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_64

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–8.1

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v2.05.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.18.1highAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secure@microsoft.com USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Microsoft Security Response Center US

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-94US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Visual Studio Code1.0.0 → 1.64.1enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Corp Visual Studio Codeall versionsfstec_bduRU
Visual Studio Codeall versionsfixedmsrc_csafUS
Visual Studio Code< 1.64.1msrc_csafUS
microsoft visual studio codeall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

msrc_CVE-2022-21991Visual Studio Code Remote Development Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2022-02-08csaf · msrc_csafUS
To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu msrc_csaf nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-02-09modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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