CVE-2021-27083
Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-27083- CVSS 3.1
- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-13854
Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2021-13854- CVSS 3.1
- 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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3hf8-77g6-rmgm
Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-3hf8-77g6-rmgm- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-27083- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-27083 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Remote Development, published March 11, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 62.2%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.