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CVE-2025-8217

Inert Malicious script injected into Amazon Q Developer Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Extension

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 1.85.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

The Amazon Q Developer Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension v1.84.0 contains inert, injected code designed to call the Q Developer CLI. The code executes when the extension is launched within the VS Code environment; however the injected code contains a syntax error which prevents it from making a successful API call to the Q Developer CLI. To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version v1.85.0. All installations of v1.84.0 should be removed from use.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Amazon Q Developer VS Code Extension

    From 1.84.0 · fixed in 1.85.0

References 3

aws.amazon.com

GitHub · aws/aws-toolkit-vscode