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CVE-2019-16765 Details

Description

If an attacker can get a user to open a specially prepared directory tree as a workspace in Visual Studio Code with the CodeQL extension active, arbitrary code of the attacker's choosing may be executed on the user's behalf. This is fixed in version 1.0.1 of the extension. Users should upgrade to this version using Visual Studio Code Marketplace's upgrade mechanism. After upgrading, the codeQL.cli.executablePath setting can only be set in the per-user settings, and not in the per-workspace settings. More information about VS Code settings can be found here.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.4 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/blob/v1.0.1/CHANGELOG.md	CVE	Release Notes
https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/pull/174	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/security/advisories/GHSA-wf4x-8mpj-r42q	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/blob/v1.0.1/CHANGELOG.md	[email protected]	Release Notes
https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/pull/174	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/github/vscode-codeql/security/advisories/GHSA-wf4x-8mpj-r42q	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]
CWE-22	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')	[email protected]
CWE-250	Execution with Unnecessary Privileges	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
microsoft codeql	< 1.0.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:codeql::::::visual_studio_code::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 28, 2021	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Dec 17, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]