TI-2021-09785 Aliases CVE-2021-28792 GHSA-f4r2-649g-9gv5

The unofficial Swift Development Environment extension before 2.12.1 for Visual Studio…

LOW 37Published 2021-03-18 · Updated 2024-08-03

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The unofficial Swift Development Environment extension before 2.12.1 for Visual Studio Code allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by constructing a malicious workspace with a crafted sourcekit-lsp.serverPath, swift.languageServerPath, swift.path.sourcekite, swift.path.sourcekiteDockerMode, swift.path.swift_driver_bin, or swift.path.shell configuration value that triggers execution upon opening the workspace.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01678 77th percentileScored 2026-11-08

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:swift_development_environment_project:swift_development_environment::::::visual_studio_code::*	before 2.12.1	Vulnerable	Swift Development Environment Project

cpe:2.3:a:swift_development_environment_project:swift_development_environment:*:*:*:*:*:visual_studio_code:*:* Versions before 2.12.1 Vulnerable ·Swift Development Environment Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-28792
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f4r2-649g-9gv5

References

Advisory 2

Sources

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