CVE-2021-27083
Is CVE-2021-27083 real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.
signals
public sources
High severity and high exploitation probability. Prioritise remediation.
baseline read
auto · not a community verdict
Likely real & worth prioritising
High base severity and a high real-world exploitation probability both point to a genuine, actively targeted issue.
Based on CVSS · FIRST EPSS
Confirm or dispute →CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Remote Development Extension for Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation or public exploit was found for this yet. FIRST EPSS estimates about a 63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, which is high relative to most CVEs. It needs local access, so it reads more as a privilege-escalation or post-access risk than a remote one.