CVE-2021-28471
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-2021-28471- 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-2021-15149
Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2021-15149- 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
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wh6f-36c2-6wmf
Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-wh6f-36c2-6wmf- 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-2021-28471- 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
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-28471- 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
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-28471 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Visual Studio Code, published April 13, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.08%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.