CVE-2021-21420: Vulnerability in Stripe for Visual Studio Code < 1.7.3

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-04-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-74

Description

vscode-stripe is an extension for Visual Studio Code. A vulnerability in Stripe for Visual Studio Code extension exists when it loads an untrusted source-code repository containing malicious settings. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way the extension validates its settings.

Affected products

stripe vscode-stripe: before 1.7.3 — fixed in 1.7.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: stripe vscode-stripe 1.7.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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