What is CVE-2025-8217?
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.
The record classifies CVE-2025-8217 under weakness class CWE-506. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 437 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 4 — MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS v4.0 base score
- 5.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.7% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 4.4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2025-07-30, last modified 2025-10-14
Is CVE-2025-8217 being exploited?
Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2025-8217 is publicly available. 1 public proof-of-concept repository is tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 15 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
- trickest/cve (trickest)
Affected products and versions
- Amazon: Q Developer VS Code Extension
How to fix CVE-2025-8217
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2025-8217 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2025-8217
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2025-8217, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
- OWASP GenAI LLM Top 10 2026 — Community-Driven Security Guidance for AI Applications — MEDIUM · 2026-08-06
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .