floofloof@lemmy.ca to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 2 years agoMalicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discoveredwww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down114cross-posted to: programming@beehaw.org
arrow-up1239arrow-down1external-linkMalicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discoveredwww.bleepingcomputer.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square53fedilinkcross-posted to: programming@beehaw.org
minus-squareKuinox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoIt’s not a theme here, it’s an extension.
minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years agoI think that’s how themes are distributed for VSCode, right? With VSCode, everything is an extension. But the vscode marketplace seems to have filters for themes, so there must be some way to differentiate them. I think extensions need a permissions system
minus-squareTekhne@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years agoYou declare it in the package.json as a category when publishing. It’s completely self-selected with no oversight, review, or enforced permissions.
minus-squarehydroptic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoMicrosoft security practices haven’t changed much over the decades
minus-squareKuinox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoYou can install themes directly from the theme selector.
minus-squareNekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoEven worse, it also previews the theme when selected. I hope that the logic they use for that feature works in a simpler way.
minus-squareKuinox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoI checked the logic and there is no rce.
It’s not a theme here, it’s an extension.
I think that’s how themes are distributed for VSCode, right?
With VSCode, everything is an extension.
But the vscode marketplace seems to have filters for themes, so there must be some way to differentiate them.
I think extensions need a permissions system
You declare it in the package.json as a category when publishing. It’s completely self-selected with no oversight, review, or enforced permissions.
Microsoft security practices haven’t changed much over the decades
You can install themes directly from the theme selector.
Even worse, it also previews the theme when selected. I hope that the logic they use for that feature works in a simpler way.
I checked the logic and there is no rce.