CVE-2024-49050
Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- 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 Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-49050- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-501
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-43918
Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-43918- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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-36jr-8w83-wr8q
Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-36jr-8w83-wr8q- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-501
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-49050- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-501
- 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-2024-49050 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Microsoft Python, published November 12, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.30%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.