CVE-2021-28791
The unofficial SwiftFormat extension before 1.3.7 for Visual Studio Code allows remote attackers...
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.
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
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-28791- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-28791- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-15448 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2021-15448- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q58h-4hfv-p9c7 No score
The unofficial SwiftFormat extension before 1.3.7 for Visual Studio Code allows remote attackers...
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.
- Record
GHSA-q58h-4hfv-p9c7- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-28791- 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-2021-28791 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Swiftformat Project Swiftformat, published March 18, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.62%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.