I found a remote code execution bug in VSCode that can be triggered from untrusted workspaces. Microsoft fixed it but marked it as moderate severity and ineligible under their bug bounty program.

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  1. Git

    Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.

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  3. Visual Studio Code

    Visual Studio Code

  4. llvm-project

    The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.

    You are mostly right, but the "remote" aspect comes from the fact that https://github.dev/ can open any random repository (e.g. go to this LLVM README file and then hit the "github.dev" in the dropdown menu for edit). Nothing gets downloaded to your computer and happens on the cloud. You are editing a remote repository on a remote computer.

  5. dev

    Discontinued Press the . key on any repo (by github)

    You are mostly right, but the "remote" aspect comes from the fact that https://github.dev/ can open any random repository (e.g. go to this LLVM README file and then hit the "github.dev" in the dropdown menu for edit). Nothing gets downloaded to your computer and happens on the cloud. You are editing a remote repository on a remote computer.

  6. vscodium

    binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing

    Why not use the version without any Microsoft branding?

  7. ClearScript

    A library for adding scripting to .NET applications. Supports V8 (Windows, Linux, macOS) and JScript/VBScript (Windows).

    Microsoft makes ClearScript

  8. quickjs

    Public repository of the QuickJS Javascript Engine.

    There's QuickJS

  9. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB high-performance time series database. Collect, organize, and act on massive volumes of high-resolution data to power real-time intelligent systems.

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  10. rhino

    Rhino is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written entirely in Java

    Mozilla made Rhino

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