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CVE-2021-28792 Details

Description

The unofficial Swift Development Environment extension before 2.12.1 for Visual Studio Code allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by constructing a malicious workspace with a crafted sourcekit-lsp.serverPath, swift.languageServerPath, swift.path.sourcekite, swift.path.sourcekiteDockerMode, swift.path.swift_driver_bin, or swift.path.shell configuration value that triggers execution upon opening the workspace.

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/vknabel/vscode-swift-development-environment/releases/tag/2.12.1	CVE	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/14	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/vknabel/vscode-swift-development-environment/releases/tag/2.12.1	[email protected]	Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/14	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
swift development environment project swift development environment	< 2.12.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:swift_development_environment_project:swift_development_environment::::::visual_studio_code::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 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]
Apr 26, 2021	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 5, 2021	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 24, 2021	Initial Analysis	[email protected]