Dismantling a Critical Supply Chain Risk in VSCode Extension Marketplaces
Summary
Wiz Research uncovered 550+ valid secrets across 500+ VSCode and Open VSX extensions — over a hundred enabled malicious updates — and worked with Microsoft on marketplace guardrails.
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--- id: 6961 title: "Dismantling a Critical Supply Chain Risk in VSCode Extension Marketplaces" source_domain: wiz.io source_url: "https://www.wiz.io/blog/supply-chain-risk-in-vscode-extension-marketplaces" published_at: "2025-10-15T12:00:01Z" tags: ["supply-chain", "secrets", "marketplace", "vscode", "open-vsx", "wiz-research"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6961" lang: en --- # Dismantling a Critical Supply Chain Risk in VSCode Extension Marketplaces ## Summary Wiz Research uncovered 550+ valid secrets across 500+ VSCode and Open VSX extensions — over a hundred enabled malicious updates — and worked with Microsoft on marketplace guardrails. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** wiz.io - **Published:** 2025-10-15T12:00:01Z - **Original:** https://www.wiz.io/blog/supply-chain-risk-in-vscode-extension-marketplaces - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6961