CVE-2021-28789

7.8 highEPSS 1.7%

High (7.8) in apple-swift-format project apple-swift-format. EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The unofficial apple/swift-format extension before 1.1.2 for Visual Studio Code allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by constructing a malicious workspace with a crafted apple-swift-format.path configuration value that triggers execution upon opening the workspace.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 77% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2021-03-18
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

apple-swift-format_project:apple-swift-format

References

https://github.com/vknabel/vscode-apple-swift-format/releases/tag/1.1.2
https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/11
https://github.com/vknabel/vscode-apple-swift-format/releases/tag/1.1.2
https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/11

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