CVE-2026-54525 (GCVE-0-2026-54525)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-14 19:06
Modified
2026-10-15 15:05
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CWE
- CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Summary
Markdown Preview Enhanced is a Markdown preview extension for Visual Studio Code. Prior to 0.8.28, Markdown Preview Enhanced preview-link handling passes a decoded, Markdown-controlled link target to a Windows file-opening helper that invokes child_process.exec with the start command. When a Windows user opens an untrusted Markdown file and clicks a crafted external or unsupported-scheme link, shell metacharacters in the decoded target are interpreted by cmd.exe as command separators, allowing an attacker-selected command to run with the privileges of the current VS Code user. The attack requires one normal preview-link click but does not require malicious workspace configuration, script execution to be enabled, or additional files. This issue is fixed in version 0.8.28.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| shd101wyy | vscode-markdown-preview-enhanced |
Version: < 0.8.28 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
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Nomenclature
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