CVE-2025-8217
Inert Malicious script injected into Amazon Q Developer Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Extension
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
July 30, 2025, 1:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 14, 2025, 6:15 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2025-8217
vulnerability.
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products
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affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
No affected product recoded yet
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 | ||||
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM | ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5 |
Solution
- Update the Amazon Q Developer VS Code extension to v1.85.0.
- Remove installations of v1.84.0.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2025-8217 has a 3 public
PoC/Exploit available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2025-8217.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-8217 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-8217
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
RingSide Replay Attack: Recovering the SEED → deriving Bitcoin wallet private keys and how 32-bit entropy instead of 256-bit led to the systematic compromise of crypto-asset funds.
bitcoin blockchain cryptography cryptography-algorithms cryptography-tools wallet-recovery cve-2023-39910 ecdsa ecdsa-cryptography ecdsa-signature private-key private-key-tool secp256k1 secp256k1-ecdsa milk-sad
Scalar Venom Attack: A critical HSM initialization vulnerability (CVE-2025-60013) enables private Bitcoin wallet key recovery through buffer overflow exploitation and shell metacharacters in the F5OS-A FIPS security module
cve-2025-60013 bitcoin bitcoin-private-key bitcoin-wallet bitcoin-wallet-recovery cryptanalysis cryptography ecdsa elliptic-curve-cryptography entropy-analysis exploit hardware-security-module memory-forensics private-key-recovery secp256k1 vulnerability wallet-recovery hsm-vulnerability
Phoenix Rowhammer Attack: Systemic Risk of Bitcoin Wallet Private Key Compromise in Global Blockchain Infrastructure Due to a Critical SK Hynix DDR5 Vulnerability (CVE-2025-6202)
attack bitcoin bitcoin-wallet privatekey rowhammer cve-2025-6202
Jupyter Notebook
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2025-8217 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2025-8217 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
Oct. 14, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/aws/aws-toolkit-vscode/releases/tag/amazonq%2Fv1.85.0 -
New CVE Received by ff89ba41-3aa1-4d27-914a-91399e9639e5
Jul. 30, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description 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. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Amber Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Added CWE CWE-506 Added Reference https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-015/ Added Reference https://github.com/aws/aws-toolkit-vscode/security/advisories/GHSA-7g7f-ff96-5gcw