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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2025-49714 json

Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published 2025-07-08 16 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-20551

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 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Trust boundary violation in Visual Studio Code - Python extension allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Patch / fix

  • Microsoft Python extension for Visual Studio Code 2025.8.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
16 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% 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:N/UI:R/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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Microsoft Python extension for Visual Studio Code

Classification

Weakness

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.