An issue in Markdown Preview Enhanced v0.6.5 and v0.19.6 for VSCode and Atom allows…
Priority HIGH 82CWE-78Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
An issue in Markdown Preview Enhanced v0.6.5 and v0.19.6 for VSCode and Atom allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands during the GFM export process.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01009 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
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 · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:markdown_preview_enhanced_project:markdown_preview_enhanced:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:atom:*:* | 0.6.5 | Vulnerable | Markdown Preview Enhanced Project |
| cpe:2.3:a:markdown_preview_enhanced_project:markdown_preview_enhanced:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:vscode:*:* | 0.6.5 | Vulnerable | Markdown Preview Enhanced Project |
| cpe:2.3:a:markdown_preview_enhanced_project:markdown_preview_enhanced:0.19.6:*:*:*:*:atom:*:* | 0.19.6 | Vulnerable | Markdown Preview Enhanced Project |
| cpe:2.3:a:markdown_preview_enhanced_project:markdown_preview_enhanced:0.19.6:*:*:*:*:vscode:*:* | 0.19.6 | Vulnerable | Markdown Preview Enhanced Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:markdown_preview_enhanced_project:markdown_preview_enhanced:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:atom:*:* Versions 0.6.5 Vulnerable ·Markdown Preview Enhanced Project
- cpe:2.3:a:markdown_preview_enhanced_project:markdown_preview_enhanced:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:vscode:*:* Versions 0.6.5 Vulnerable ·Markdown Preview Enhanced Project
- cpe:2.3:a:markdown_preview_enhanced_project:markdown_preview_enhanced:0.19.6:*:*:*:*:atom:*:* Versions 0.19.6 Vulnerable ·Markdown Preview Enhanced Project
- cpe:2.3:a:markdown_preview_enhanced_project:markdown_preview_enhanced:0.19.6:*:*:*:*:vscode:*:* Versions 0.19.6 Vulnerable ·Markdown Preview Enhanced Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-45026
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pr49-h722-qwhc
References
More Markdown Preview Enhanced Project Markdown Preview Enhanced vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-22129 Markdown Preview Enhanced v0.6.5 and v0.19.6 for VSCode and Atom was discovered to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-45026 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-45026 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pr49-h722-qwhc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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