What is CVE-2021-28791?

CVE-2021-28791 is a high-severity vulnerability in Swiftformat Project, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-03-18.

How severe is CVE-2021-28791?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Swiftformat Project

CVE-2021-28791

The unofficial SwiftFormat extension before 1.3.7 for Visual Studio Code allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by constructing a malicious workspace with a crafted swiftformat.path configuration value that triggers execution upon opening the workspace.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.016 (73.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Swiftformat_project Swiftformat
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-28791?: CVE-2021-28791 is a high-severity vulnerability in Swiftformat Project, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-03-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-28791?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.