CVE-2025-8217 (GCVE-0-2025-8217)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-30 00:34 – Updated: 2025-10-14 17:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Inert Malicious script injected into Amazon Q Developer Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Extension
Summary
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-30 13:23 UTC
CWE
- CWE-506 - Embedded Malicious Code
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletin… | vendor-advisory |
| https://github.com/aws/aws-toolkit-vscode/securit… | third-party-advisory |
| https://github.com/aws/aws-toolkit-vscode/release… | patch |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | Q Developer VS Code Extension |
Affected:
1.84.0 , < 1.85.0
(semver)
Affected: sha256:47f7840ecab6312d2733e1274c513050405886c70f2037fb2f1e9099872b0464 (git) |
guessed |
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