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CVE-2021-26700

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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Visual Studio Code npm-script Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2021-267004 of 4 sources documented this
35

rank 35 = 16 + 17 + 0 + 2 + 0

rank@v1 · scheduled

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.06003  ·  without this subject the record ranks 19

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 6.8, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 18

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

no persisting rise in 365 days  ·  without this subject the record ranks 35

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

1 product in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 33

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

no CISA due date  ·  without this subject the record ranks 35

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$300,000over the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement-$597,000on 2024-06-13, the last material move, 2 years, 2 months before this reading
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$300,000 = $4.99M incident cost x 1 exposure x 0.06003 likelihood

udv@v1 · unaudited · wrong for you until you say what you run

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Hindsight · the state

0.06003EPSSNOT IN KEVas of 2026-09-20
Severity7.8 HIGHreceipt
Harmtotal lossreceipt
Exploitationpublic proof-of-conceptreceipt
Defenseunaffected versions publishedreceipt
Movementdoubled within 72hreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2025-03-30, 508 days at 0.06, as of 2026-08-20. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

No weakness class or product neighbourhood is held for this record, so this index cannot name anywhere to check next. That is an absence in the record, not a finding about the software.

Color is a claim, not decoration:the hostile worldthe defenseno signal

Sources disagree here.

Severity score
Microsoft7.8 HIGHreceipt
NVD6.8 MEDIUMreceipt
Scoring standard
MicrosoftCVSS v3.1receipt
NVDCVSS v2.0receipt

Both shown, dated. We don't pick winners. disagreement-rules@v1

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Harm, if it fires from the vector and the weakness

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Reachneeds local access · no privileges required · user interaction required · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete confidentiality, integrity and availability lossreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.1 · the CNA's vectorreceipt
Weakness classNo CWE mapping in held sources.

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

First unaffected version, by branchnpm 0.3.15receipt
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Proof-of-concept published · 2 public repositories, 2021-02-14.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published · 2 public repositories2021-02-14receipt
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, the CNA7.8 HIGHreceipt
CVSS, NVD6.8 MEDIUMreceipt
Exploit probability0.06003 · top 7% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth1 product across 1 vendorderived
Assigned bymicrosoftreceipt
Recorded changes63 · last 19 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productMicrosoft Visual Studio Code - npm-script Extensionreceipt
Published rangesmicrosoft npm < 0.3.15receipt

A rung lights from a row in the index, never from an assessment. "Held sources" is the true scope of the claim: this index reads the CVE record, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST's EPSS and public proof-of-concept repositories, and it does not observe attacks.

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What it is stated by the CNA

Visual Studio Code npm-script Extension Remote Code Execution Vulnerability receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
affected versions
microsoft npm < 0.3.15
also scored by
[email protected] 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · [email protected] 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The CNA scored it 7.8 and NVD 6.8. Both are shown because both were published; we do not pick one.

check it yourself portal.msrc.microsoft.com receipt

Dated events

2022-02-04EPSS moved 0.32 to 0.132023-08-10EPSS moved 0.02 to 0.382026-06-15EPSS moved 0.10 to 0.06

Movement the material steps

14 Apr 20210.32208
4 Feb 20220.12761
1 Apr 20220.01528 · crossed 0.10
7 Mar 20230.00239 · scoring model v2023.03.01
14 Jul 20230.27533 · crossed 0.10
28 Jul 20230.02309 · crossed 0.10
10 Aug 20230.38247 · crossed 0.10
24 Aug 20230.02876 · crossed 0.10
25 Nov 20230.15220 · crossed 0.10
7 Dec 20230.04080 · crossed 0.10
1 Feb 20240.10568 · crossed 0.10
14 Feb 20240.04452 · crossed 0.10
29 Feb 20240.10351 · crossed 0.10
14 Mar 20240.06521 · crossed 0.10
30 Mar 20240.27661 · crossed 0.10
13 Apr 20240.10070
14 May 20240.07927 · crossed 0.10
29 May 20240.13299 · crossed 0.10
13 Jun 20240.01331 · crossed 0.10
17 Mar 20250.20995 · crossed 0.10 · scoring model v2025.03.14
19 Mar 20250.37082
20 Mar 20250.12921
27 Mar 20250.37082
28 Mar 20250.12921
29 Mar 20250.37082
30 Mar 20250.12921
15 Jun 20260.05954 · crossed 0.10 · scoring model v2026.06.15
20 Aug 20260.06003

This score more than doubled inside 72 hours. Both observations are in the full history below.

Show all 60 observations
14 Apr 20210.32208
4 Feb 20220.12761
1 Apr 20220.01528
16 May 20220.01648
13 Sep 20220.01789
7 Mar 20230.00239
24 Mar 20230.00259
7 Apr 20230.00302
21 Apr 20230.00329
5 May 20230.00306
20 May 20230.00378
1 Jun 20230.01186
17 Jun 20230.00850
29 Jun 20230.02740
14 Jul 20230.27533
28 Jul 20230.02309
10 Aug 20230.38247
24 Aug 20230.02876
6 Sep 20230.03022
20 Sep 20230.09553
2 Oct 20230.03069
16 Oct 20230.05463
29 Oct 20230.03523
11 Nov 20230.06784
25 Nov 20230.15220
7 Dec 20230.04080
22 Dec 20230.06613
4 Jan 20240.05507
18 Jan 20240.04062
1 Feb 20240.10568
14 Feb 20240.04452
29 Feb 20240.10351
14 Mar 20240.06521
30 Mar 20240.27661
13 Apr 20240.10070
28 Apr 20240.15411
14 May 20240.07927
29 May 20240.13299
13 Jun 20240.01331
30 Jun 20240.01174
15 Jul 20240.01182
31 Jul 20240.01117
17 Aug 20240.01351
4 Sep 20240.01263
22 Sep 20240.01123
9 Oct 20240.01117
15 Dec 20240.01107
17 Dec 20240.01650
17 Mar 20250.20995
19 Mar 20250.37082
20 Mar 20250.12921
27 Mar 20250.37082
28 Mar 20250.12921
29 Mar 20250.37082
30 Mar 20250.12921
18 Nov 20250.13392
21 Nov 20250.12921
17 Mar 20260.1032
15 Jun 20260.05954
20 Aug 20260.06003

60 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.06003Public PoC2021-02-14Published2021-02-25Index as of2026-08-20

Exploit probability more than doubled between 2025-03-28 and 2025-03-29 (0.12921 → 0.37082) and the record had been public for 5 years, 5 months when this index was last written.

Public PoC 2021-02-14 receipt · Published 2021-02-25 receipt · Index as of 2026-08-20 derived

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