CVE-2021-29658

HIGH 8.8CVE-2021-29658 · Published 31/03/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-29658 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting vscode-rufo (vscode-rufo project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 72.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 0.0.4 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
vscode-rufo vscode-rufo_project	`< 0.0.4`	`0.0.4`

Description

The unofficial vscode-rufo extension before 0.0.4 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary binaries if the user opens a crafted workspace folder.

References

jnbt/vscode-rufo commit bc0d212 · Patch
marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/jnbt.vscode-rufo/changelog · Release Notes
vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/8 · Third Party Advisory

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