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CVE-2021-28793

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-04-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

vscode-restructuredtext before 146.0.0 contains an incorrect access control vulnerability, where a crafted project folder could execute arbitrary binaries via crafted workspace configuration.

Affected products

• Lextudio Restructuredtext: before 147.0.0 — fixed in 147.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Lextudio Restructuredtext 147.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/vscode-restructuredtext/vscode-restructuredtext/commit/1dd3e878a5559e3dfe0e48f145c90418b208c5af
• https://github.com/vscode-restructuredtext/vscode-restructuredtext/releases
• https://github.com/vscode-restructuredtext/vscode-restructuredtext/releases/tag/147.0.0
• https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/37
• https://github.com/vscode-restructuredtext/vscode-restructuredtext/commit/1dd3e878a5559e3dfe0e48f145c90418b208c5af
• https://github.com/vscode-restructuredtext/vscode-restructuredtext/releases
• https://github.com/vscode-restructuredtext/vscode-restructuredtext/releases/tag/147.0.0
• https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/37

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