Vulnerability in Stripe for Visual Studio Code < 1.7.3

High7.5CVE-2021-21420 · Published Mar 31, 2021 · updated Apr 1, 2021

### Impact 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. There has been no evidence of exploitation of this vulnerability. ### Recommendation Upgrade to Stripe for Visual Studio Code 1.7.3 ### Acknowledgments Thanks to [David Dworken](https://daviddworken.com) for reporting the issue. ### For more information Email us at [security@stripe.com](mailto:security@stripe.com)