floofloof@lemmy.ca to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 25 days agoMalicious VSCode extensions with millions of installs discoveredwww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: programming@beehaw.org
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minus-squaretowerful@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 days 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-up0·24 days 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-up0·24 days agoMicrosoft security practices haven’t changed much over the decades
minus-squareKuinox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 days agoYou can install themes directly from the theme selector.
minus-squareNekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·24 days 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-up0·24 days 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.