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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2021-42322 json

Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

published 2021-11-10 4 y ago modified 2026-11-02 6 d ago also EUVD-2021-29297

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Patch / fix

  • Microsoft Visual Studio Code 1.62.1
  • code Arch Linux 1.63.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2542

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
6 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.