Trivy Vulnerability Scanner is a VS Code extension that helps find vulnerabilities. In Trivy VSCode Extension version 1.8.12, which was distributed via OpenVSX marketplace was compromised and contained malicious code designed to leverage local AI coding agent to collect and exfiltrate sensitive information. Users using the affected artifact are advised to immediately remove it and rotate environment secrets. The malicious artifact has been removed from the marketplace. No other affected artifacts have been identified.
History

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Description Trivy Vulnerability Scanner is a VS Code extension that helps find vulnerabilities. In Trivy VSCode Extension version 1.8.12, which was distributed via OpenVSX marketplace was compromised and contained malicious code designed to leverage local AI coding agent to collect and exfiltrate sensitive information. Users using the affected artifact are advised to immediately remove it and rotate environment secrets. The malicious artifact has been removed from the marketplace. No other affected artifacts have been identified.
Title Trivy Vulnerability Scanner: Unauthorized AI Agent Execution Code Included in OpenVSX Extension Release
Weaknesses CWE-506
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-05T20:02:59.865Z

Reserved: 2026-02-26T18:38:13.890Z

Link: CVE-2026-28353

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-05T20:16:16.493

Modified: 2026-03-05T20:16:16.493

Link: CVE-2026-28353

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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