CVE-2021-28790

HIGH 7.8CVE-2021-28790 · Published 18/03/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-28790 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting swiftlint (swiftlint project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.4.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
swiftlint swiftlint_project	`< 1.4.5`	`1.4.5`

Description

The unofficial SwiftLint extension before 1.4.5 for Visual Studio Code allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by constructing a malicious workspace with a crafted swiftlint.path configuration value that triggers execution upon opening the workspace.

References

vknabel/vscode-swiftlint release 1.4.5 · Release Notes
vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/12 · Third Party Advisory

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