What is CVE-2022-45025?

CVE-2022-45025 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Markdown Preview Enhanced Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-12-07.

How severe is CVE-2022-45025?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-45025 known to be exploited?

9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Markdown Preview Enhanced Project

CVE-2022-45025

Markdown Preview Enhanced v0.6.5 and v0.19.6 for VSCode and Atom was discovered to contain a command injection vulnerability via the PDF file import function.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2022-12-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.348 (98.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.345 · newest: 0.348 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Markdown Preview Enhanced Project — versions 0.6.5, 0.19.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/shd101wyy/vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced/issues/639 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-45025?: CVE-2022-45025 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Markdown Preview Enhanced Project, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-12-07.
How severe is CVE-2022-45025?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-45025 known to be exploited?: 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.