CVE-2021-22539 (GCVE-0-2021-22539)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-16 10:15 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Code execution in VSCode-bazel via malicious Bazel config files
Summary
An attacker can place a crafted JSON config file into the project folder pointing to a custom executable. VScode-bazel allows the workspace path to lint *.bzl files to be set via this config file. As such the attacker is able to execute any executable on the system through vscode-bazel. We recommend upgrading to version 0.4.1 or above.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CWE
- CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/bazelbuild/vscode-bazel/securi… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/bazelbuild/vscode-bazel-ghsa-2… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | VSCode-Bazel |
Affected:
unspecified , ≤ 0.4.0
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2021-04-15 00:00
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