CVE-2023-36867
Visual Studio Code GitHub Pull Requests and Issues Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code GitHub Pull Requests and Issues Extension 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
Visual Studio Code GitHub Pull Requests and Issues Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code GitHub Pull Requests and Issues Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-36867- 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:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-40787
Visual Studio Code GitHub Pull Requests and Issues Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2023-40787- 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:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wqgm-j3cr-757w
Visual Studio Code GitHub Pull Requests and Issues Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code GitHub Pull Requests and Issues Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-wqgm-j3cr-757w- 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
Visual Studio Code GitHub Pull Requests and Issues Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-36867- 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, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-36867 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Github Pull Requests And Issues, published July 11, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.73%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.