CVE-2025-68120 (GCVE-0-2025-68120)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-29 23:46 – Updated: 2025-12-30 16:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Unexpected untrusted code execution in github.com/golang/vscode-go
Summary
To prevent unexpected untrusted code execution, the Visual Studio Code Go extension is now disabled in Restricted Mode.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-30 16:04 UTC
CWE
- CWE-184 - Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/golang/vscode-go | github.com/golang/vscode-go |
Affected:
0 , < 0.52.1
(semver)
|
guessed |
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