CVE-2026-28353 PUBLISHED

Trivy Vulnerability Scanner: Unauthorized AI Agent Execution Code Included in OpenVSX Extension Release

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 26.02.2026 Published: 05.03.2026 Updated: 05.03.2026

Trivy Vulnerability Scanner is a VS Code extension that helps find vulnerabilities. In Trivy VSCode Extension version 1.8.12, which was distributed via OpenVSX marketplace was compromised and contained malicious code designed to leverage local AI coding agent to collect and exfiltrate sensitive information. Users using the affected artifact are advised to immediately remove it and rotate environment secrets. The malicious artifact has been removed from the marketplace. No other affected artifacts have been identified.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 10

Product Status

Vendor aquasecurity
Product trivy-vscode-extension
Versions
  • Version = 1.8.12 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-506: Embedded Malicious Code CWE