CVE-2020-17163: high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Python extension for Visual Studio…
Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Published · Updated
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.8epss 0.6%
exploitation probability
0.6%top 53% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Visual Studio Code Python Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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
Affected products
Microsoft · Python extension for Visual Studio CodeRelated CVEs — Microsoft Python extension for Visual Studio…
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