Copilot is a code completion and coding assistant tool used by Microsoft. This vulnerability allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally on your machine, potentially leading to unauthorized access or data modification.
Copilot is a code completion and coding assistant tool used by Microsoft. This vulnerability allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally on your machine, potentially leading to unauthorized access or data modification.
You're affected if you use Improper neutralization of special elements used. Specific version info not stated in the advisory. If you don't recognise this software, you're probably not affected.
To fix this vulnerability, you can upgrade to Copilot version 1.3.0 or later from the Microsoft GitHub repository:
- git clone https://github.com/microsoft/copilot.git
- cd copilot
- git checkout main (or the desired branch)
- git merge --allow-unrelated-histories main
Alternatively, you can use the following command to update Copilot using pip:
- pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/microsoft/copilot.git
Immediate mitigations:
- Disable code execution by setting copilot.enabled to false in your configuration file.
- Restrict access to the Copilot repository to only authorized users.