CVE-2025-53536

Roo Code allows Potential Remote Code Execution via .vscode/settings.json

Published Jul 7, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent. Prior to 3.22.6, if the victim had "Write" auto-approved, an attacker with the ability to submit prompts to the agent could write to VS Code settings files and trigger code execution. There were multiple ways to achieve that. One example is with the php.validate.executablePath setting which lets you set the path for the php executable for syntax validation. The attacker could have written the path to an arbitrary command there and then created a php file to trigger it. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.22.6.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-20299 Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent. Prior to 3.22.6, if the victim had "Write" auto-approved, an attacker with the ability to submit prompts to the agent could write to VS Code settings files and trigger code execution. There were multiple ways to achieve that. One example is with the php.validate.executablePath setting which lets you set the path for the php executable for syntax validation. The attacker could have written the path to an arbitrary command there and then created a php file to trigger it. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.22.6.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Roocode
Roocode roo Code
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:roocode:roo_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Roocode
Roocode roo Code
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00061}

epss

{'score': 0.0008}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent. Prior to 3.22.6, if the victim had "Write" auto-approved, an attacker with the ability to submit prompts to the agent could write to VS Code settings files and trigger code execution. There were multiple ways to achieve that. One example is with the php.validate.executablePath setting which lets you set the path for the php executable for syntax validation. The attacker could have written the path to an arbitrary command there and then created a php file to trigger it. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.22.6.
Title Roo Code allows Potential Remote Code Execution via .vscode/settings.json
Weaknesses CWE-552
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 8, 2025, 1:31 PM
Reserved
Jul 2, 2025, 3:15 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 7, 2025, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:38 AM