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Malicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discovered (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I think that's how themes are distributed for VSCode, right?
With VSCode, everything is an extension.
But the vscode marketplace seems to have filters for themes, so there must be some way to differentiate them.

I think extensions need a permissions system

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You declare it in the package.json as a category when publishing. It's completely self-selected with no oversight, review, or enforced permissions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Microsoft security practices haven't changed much over the decades

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can install themes directly from the theme selector.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Even worse, it also previews the theme when selected. I hope that the logic they use for that feature works in a simpler way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I checked the logic and there is no rce.