CVE-2021-28790

7.8 highEPSS 1.7%

High (7.8) in swiftlint project swiftlint. EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The unofficial SwiftLint extension before 1.4.5 for Visual Studio Code allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by constructing a malicious workspace with a crafted swiftlint.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 76% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2021-03-18
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

swiftlint_project:swiftlint

References

https://github.com/vknabel/vscode-swiftlint/releases/tag/1.4.5
https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/12
https://github.com/vknabel/vscode-swiftlint/releases/tag/1.4.5
https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/12

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