The remote code execution bug, tracked as CVE-2020-1192, is exposed when Microsoft's VS Code Python extension loads workspace settings from a file from a notebook, such as Jupyter.

The updated Python extension is available for download from Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) marketplace, where it's currently the most popular programming language by a long mile.

Visual Studio Code extensions A quick search of the Visual Studio Code Marketplace yields roughly 38,000 results, supporting hundreds of programming languages.