VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2026-28353

Trivy Vulnerability Scanner is a VS Code extension that helps find vulnerabilities.

CRITICAL 10.0EPSS 0.45%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Trivy Vulnerability Scanner is a VS Code extension that helps find vulnerabilities. In Trivy VSCode Extension version 1.8.12, which was distributed via OpenVSX marketplace was compromised and contained malicious code designed to leverage local AI coding agent to collect and exfiltrate sensitive information. Users using the affected artifact are advised to immediately remove it and rotate environment secrets. The malicious artifact has been removed from the marketplace. No other affected artifacts have been identified.

CVSS 4.0: 10.0 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS: 0.45% probability · 38th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-506
Source: security-advisories@github.com

References

https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy-vscode-extension/security/advisories/GHSA-8mr6-gf9x-j8qg

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.