Security advisory

{
  "id": "7a0467acc76b74437aa6a02cffab36ddbdf290a3aa09fb91b7b0041176f27f7c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22539",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-22539",
    "summary": "An attacker can place a crafted JSON config file into the project folder pointing to a custom executable. VScode-bazel allows the workspace path to lint *.bzl files to be set via this config file. As such the attacker is able to execute any executable on the system through vscode-bazel. We recommend upgrading to version 0.4.1 or above.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-22539",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-22539",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-22539",
        "GHSA-2rcw-j8x4-hgcv"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/bazel-contrib/vscode-bazel",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "5f864f7082a39e80b71208bee8852546a1d9dafb"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "d268ed208a03364fecd45bf8e07a35b7408b3b2c"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:google:bazel:*:*:*:*:*:visual_studio:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.1.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "0.4.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-22539.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:53:36.711136647Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/vscode-bazel/security/advisories/GHSA-2rcw-j8x4-hgcv",
        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/vscode-bazel-ghsa-2rcw-j8x4-hgcv/pull/1"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-22539",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384438,
  "published_at": "2021-04-16T11:15:12.637+00:00"
}