floofloof@lemmy.ca to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 5 months agoMalicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discoveredwww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1248arrow-down114
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minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·5 months 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-up17·5 months 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-up3·5 months agoMicrosoft security practices haven’t changed much over the decades
minus-squareKuinox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoYou can install themes directly from the theme selector.
minus-squareNekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months 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-up3·5 months agoI checked the logic and there is no rce.
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.