CVE-2025-8217CWE-506

Inert Malicious script injected into Amazon Q Developer Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Extension

Medium · published July 30, 2025

CVSS v4.0
5.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Amazon Q Developer Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension v1.84.0 contains inert, injected code designed to call the Q Developer CLI. The code executes when the extension is launched within the VS Code environment; however the injected code contains a syntax error which prevents it from making a successful API call to the Q Developer CLI.

To mitigate this issue, users should upgrade to version v1.85.0. All installations of v1.84.0 should be removed from use.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.1 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber
EPSS
0.00219 · 11.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-506 · Embedded Malicious Code
Published
2025-07-30T00:34Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 JUL 00:34Z
    Inert Malicious script injected into Amazon Q Developer Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Extension
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