CVE-2020-17163 (GCVE-0-2020-17163)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-12-29 16:24
Modified
2025-09-05 17:11
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - 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
CWE
  • Remote Code Execution
Summary
Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17163Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17163Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Python extension for Visual Studio Code Version: 2020   < publication
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
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