VS Code extensions
Named by 8 kept items in this workspace.
7 items name it under affected products and 1 under tools.
Search every workspace for VS Code extensions. It matches the name as written, so it can find other things that share it.
The items that name it 8
Scanned via vet --vsx flag
auto-update by default; example Go extension fetches vscgo, gopls, dlv directly from Go module proxy rather than the marketplace
Poisoned extension compromised a GitHub employee's credentials, leading to unauthorized access to GitHub's internal repositories.
marketplace.visualstudio.com
AI coding environment; developers found running multiple such environments simultaneously
Extension ecosystem cited as expanding workstation attack surface.
Flagged as something organizations should audit for signs of compromise
Seven extensions compromised in the GlassWorm attack, harvesting credentials and deploying a RAT across ~35,800 installs.
All technologies in this workspace.