Breaking Out of Restricted Mode: XSS to RCE in Visual Studio Code

TL;DR


Summary:
- This article discusses a security vulnerability in Visual Studio Code, a popular code editor used by many developers.
- The vulnerability, known as "Breaking out of Restricted Mode," allows an attacker to exploit a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability and potentially gain remote code execution (RCE) on the user's system.
- The article explains the technical details of the vulnerability, how it can be exploited, and the steps taken by the Visual Studio Code team to address and fix the issue.

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