What is GHSA-v7q9-qwmc-9665?

GHSA-v7q9-qwmc-9665 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when the Python extension...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-v7q9-qwmc-9665 cover?

GHSA-v7q9-qwmc-9665 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2020-1171. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-v7q9-qwmc-9665?

GHSA-v7q9-qwmc-9665 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-v7q9-qwmc-9665HighCVSS 8.8

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when the Python extension...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

May 24, 2022

Last Modified

August 19, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-1171 →

📋 Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Visual Studio Code when the Python extension loads configuration files after opening a project, aka 'Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-1192.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1171
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-1171
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1171
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v7q9-qwmc-9665