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CVE-2025-53536

Roo Code allows Potential Remote Code Execution via .vscode/settings.json

Severity Score

8.1
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions

Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent. Prior to 3.22.6, if the victim had "Write" auto-approved, an attacker with the ability to submit prompts to the agent could write to VS Code settings files and trigger code execution. There were multiple ways to achieve that. One example is with the php.validate.executablePath setting which lets you set the path for the php executable for syntax validation. The attacker could have written the path to an arbitrary command there and then created a php file to trigger it. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.22.6.

Roo Code es un agente de codificación autónomo basado en IA. Antes de la versión 3.22.6, si la víctima tenía la opción "Escribir" aprobada automáticamente, un atacante con la capacidad de enviar solicitudes al agente podía escribir en los archivos de configuración de VS Code y activar la ejecución del código. Había varias maneras de lograrlo. Un ejemplo es la configuración php.validate.executablePath, que permite establecer la ruta del ejecutable PHP para la validación de sintaxis. El atacante podría haber escrito la ruta a un comando arbitrario y luego haber creado un archivo PHP para activarlo. Esta vulnerabilidad se corrigió en la versión 3.22.6.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track*
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-07-02 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-07-07 CVE Published
  • 2025-07-08 CVE Updated
  • 2025-07-08 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
RooCodeInc
Search vendor "RooCodeInc"
 Roo-Code
Search vendor "RooCodeInc" for product "Roo-Code"
 < 3.22.6
Search vendor "RooCodeInc" for product "Roo-Code" and version " < 3.22.6"
en
Affected