CVE-2025-53536 Roo Code allows Potential Remote Code Execution via .vscode/settings.json

High 8.1 Published 7 Jul 2025 Updated 8 Jul 2025

An attacker can achieve remote code execution by manipulating VS Code settings via the AI agent if write permissions are auto-approved.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-53536?

CVE-2025-53536 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in RooCodeInc Roo-Code, published on 7 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-552

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53536?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Roocode Roo Code.

How do I fix CVE-2025-53536?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53536 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2025-53536 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53536 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3765-5vjr-qjgm.