CVE-2025-47269CWE-441

code-server session cookie can be extracted by having user visit specially crafted proxy URL

High · published May 9, 2025

CVSS v3.1
8.3
EPSS
45%
Percentile
98.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

code-server runs VS Code on any machine anywhere through browser access. Prior to version 4.99.4, a maliciously crafted URL using the proxy subpath can result in the attacker gaining access to the session token. Failure to properly validate the port for a proxy request can result in proxying to an arbitrary domain. The malicious URL `https://<code-server>/proxy/[email protected]/path` would be proxied to `[email protected]/path` where the attacker could exfiltrate a user's session token. Any user who runs code-server with the built-in proxy enabled and clicks on maliciously crafted links that go to their code-server instances with reference to /proxy. Normally this is used to proxy local ports, however the URL can reference the attacker's domain instead, and the connection is then proxied to that domain, which will include sending cookies. With access to the session cookie, the attacker can then log into code-server and have full access to the machine hosting code-server as the user running code-server. This issue has been patched in version 4.99.4.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.3 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.44540 · 98.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-441 · Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy')
Published
2025-05-09T20:59Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 MAY 20:59Z
    code-server session cookie can be extracted by having user visit specially crafted proxy URL
    cvelistv5