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CVE-2021-28967

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-03-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The unofficial MATLAB extension before 2.0.1 for Visual Studio Code allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted workspace because of lint configuration settings.

Affected products

• Gimly Matlab: before 2.0.1 — fixed in 2.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Gimly Matlab 2.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/Gimly/vscode-matlab/commit/fc5dc53397677464099e80629e785a25718bf5ec
• https://github.com/Gimly/vscode-matlab/releases
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/Gimly81.matlab/changelog
• https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/2
• https://github.com/Gimly/vscode-matlab/commit/fc5dc53397677464099e80629e785a25718bf5ec
• https://github.com/Gimly/vscode-matlab/releases
• https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items/Gimly81.matlab/changelog
• https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/2

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