Vulnerability in Roocode Roo Code
CVE-2025-53536
Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent. Prior to 3.22.6, if the victim had "Write" auto-approved, an attacker with the ability to submit prompts to the agent could write to VS Code settings files and trigger code execution. There were multiple ways to achieve that. One example is with the php.validate.executablePath setting which lets you set the path for the php executable for syntax validation. The attacker could have written the path to an arbitrary command there and then created a php file to trigger it. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.22.6.
EPSS: 0.007 (47.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Roocode Roo_code
- Roocodeinc Roo-code — versions < 3.22.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-53536?
- CVE-2025-53536 is a high-severity vulnerability in Roocode Roo Code, classified under Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-07-07.
- How severe is CVE-2025-53536?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.