CVE-2021-28967

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2021-28967 · Published 24/03/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-28967 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting matlab (gimly).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.0.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
matlab gimly	`< 2.0.1`	`2.0.1`

Description

The unofficial MATLAB extension before 2.0.1 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted workspace because of lint configuration settings.

References

Gimly/vscode-matlab commit fc5dc53 · Patch
Gimly/vscode-matlab release · Release Notes
marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/Gimly81.matlab/changelog · Product
vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/2 · Third Party Advisory

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