Microsoft Visual Studio Code flaw lets extensions steal passwords
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Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) code editor and development environment contains a flaw that allows malicious extensions to retrieve authentication tokens stored in Windows, Linux, and macOS credential managers.
  • LethalSmack@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “The tech giant decided against fixing the issue, as extensions are not expected to be sandboxed from the rest of the environment.”

    Yikes