VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-28791

CVSS score7.8 HIGH

EPSS probability1.62%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2021-03-18

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The unofficial SwiftFormat extension before 1.3.7 for Visual Studio Code allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by constructing a malicious workspace with a crafted swiftformat.path configuration value that triggers execution upon opening the workspace.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-863

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory