← Supply-Chain Attack Compendium

checkmarx-developer-assist-extension

Incident Summary

Checkmarx Developer Assist VS Code extension compromised

Malicious versions of the Checkmarx Developer Assist VS Code extension were published during the Checkmarx supply-chain incident. Checkmarx reported an Open VSX malicious version 1.7.0 on March 23, 2026 and later malicious versions 1.17 and 1.19 on April 22, 2026 across Microsoft Marketplace and Open VSX windows.

Date
2026-03-23 to 2026-04-22
Category
Commercial
Target Surface
Distribution
Insertion Phase
distribution
Impact
Credential theft
Cause
Compromised Account/Credentials

What Was Affected

LanguageTypeScript
ComponentPlugin
Artifact typeextension
Domain typepackage host
Domain open-vsx.org

Compromised Versions

Incident Context

Motive
Credential Theft
Attribution
Advanced Persistent Threat
Transitive
Yes
User Impact
0
Observed Duration
30 days

Evidence

Compromised Artifacts

Indicators and Changes

Hashes

  • sha256:744c9d61b66bcd2bb5474d9afeee6c00bb7e0cd32535781da188b80eb59383e0

External References

Source Data

Source record: proprietary/checkmarx-ast/meta.yaml