CVE-2023-36742

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.010 · 63 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.00% (63rd) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

30 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Visual Studio Code 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
1.82.1:Security Update:https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_82
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_82

cvss

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

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secure@microsoft.com USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Microsoft Security Response Center US

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20US

affected products (30)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:2.0_sp2
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SP2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.0_sp2
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5:-
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:3.5.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.6.2
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.7
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.7.1
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.7.2
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.8
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:.net_framework:4.8.1
Microsoft Azure DevOps Server 2019.0.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:azure_devops_server:2019.0.1:-
Microsoft Azure DevOps Server 2019.1.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:azure_devops_server:2019.1.2
Microsoft Azure DevOps Server 2020.0.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:azure_devops_server:2020.0.2
Microsoft Azure DevOps Server 2020.1.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:microsoft:azure_devops_server:2020.1.2
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:version_15.9
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:version_16.11
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:version_17.2
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:version_17.4
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:version_17.6
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:version_17.7

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2333Microsoft Developer Tools: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-09-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in verschiedenen Microsoft Developer Tools ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen und seine Privilegien zu erweitern.
msrc_CVE-2023-36742Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2023-09-12csaf · msrc_csafUS
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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund msrc_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-09-12modified 2026-06-17

references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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