Arbitrary Code Execution in Unofficial SwiftFormat Extension for Visual Studio Code

Arbitrary Code Execution in Unofficial SwiftFormat Extension for Visual Studio Code

CVE-2021-28791 · HIGH Severity

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

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.

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