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  "entry": {
    "kind": "extension",
    "slug": "cline",
    "name": "Cline",
    "vendor": "Cline",
    "description": "Cline is an autonomous coding agent that runs inside VS Code and takes the IDE far beyond autocomplete. Once approved, it can read and edit files across your repository, execute shell commands in the integrated terminal, browse the web, and call external tools through MCP servers — all while showing each step for human approval. The project is open source, published on the VS Code Marketplace, and updated frequently by a community-led team.\n\nFrom a capability standpoint, the extension declares full filesystem read and write access, shell execution inside the workspace, outbound network access to its model provider (Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Bedrock, Vertex, and local models), and access to your stored API credentials. Combined, those capabilities are powerful enough to refactor a service, install dependencies, and ship a PR without leaving the editor.\n\nThe risk profile reflects that surface area. Cline is community-maintained rather than vendor-published, which lowers its trust adjustment. The pairing of shell execution with outbound network access matches Anomity's data-exfiltration combination, and filesystem write paired with credential access matches the credential-theft combination. Teams that adopt Cline should pair it with allow-listed commands, scoped credentials, and a strict approval workflow rather than the agent's auto-approve mode.",
    "website": "https://cline.bot",
    "repository": null,
    "documentationUrl": null,
    "license": null,
    "version": null,
    "trustLevel": "community",
    "capabilities": [
      "filesystem:read",
      "filesystem:write",
      "shell:execute",
      "network:outbound",
      "credentials:access"
    ],
    "packaging": {
      "manager": "vsix",
      "packageName": "saoudrizwan.claude-dev"
    },
    "configFiles": null,
    "category": null,
    "updatedAt": "2026-09-02T18:21:41.256Z",
    "risk": {
      "score": 100,
      "band": "critical",
      "signals": [
        {
          "id": "trust-community",
          "kind": "trust",
          "label": "Established community project",
          "contribution": -10
        },
        {
          "id": "high-risk-capabilities",
          "kind": "capability",
          "label": "3 high-risk capabilities: filesystem:write, shell:execute, credentials:access",
          "contribution": 30
        },
        {
          "id": "exfiltration-risk",
          "kind": "combination",
          "label": "Data exfiltration risk (high)",
          "description": "Shell execution combined with outbound network access can exfiltrate arbitrary data from the machine.",
          "contribution": 15
        },
        {
          "id": "credential-theft-risk",
          "kind": "combination",
          "label": "Credential theft risk (high)",
          "description": "Filesystem write combined with credentials access can plant persistent credential stealers.",
          "contribution": 15
        },
        {
          "id": "filesystem-write-shell-risk",
          "kind": "combination",
          "label": "Persistence + execution risk (medium)",
          "description": "Shell execution plus filesystem write means the agent can plant persistent backdoors (e.g. modifying startup scripts).",
          "contribution": 5
        },
        {
          "id": "full-control-risk",
          "kind": "combination",
          "label": "Full-control risk (critical)",
          "description": "Shell + filesystem write + network is effectively a remote shell on the employee machine.",
          "contribution": 25
        }
      ],
      "dangerousCombos": [
        {
          "id": "exfiltration-risk",
          "name": "Data exfiltration risk",
          "description": "Shell execution combined with outbound network access can exfiltrate arbitrary data from the machine.",
          "capabilities": [
            "shell:execute",
            "network:outbound"
          ],
          "severity": "high"
        },
        {
          "id": "credential-theft-risk",
          "name": "Credential theft risk",
          "description": "Filesystem write combined with credentials access can plant persistent credential stealers.",
          "capabilities": [
            "filesystem:write",
            "credentials:access"
          ],
          "severity": "high"
        },
        {
          "id": "filesystem-write-shell-risk",
          "name": "Persistence + execution risk",
          "description": "Shell execution plus filesystem write means the agent can plant persistent backdoors (e.g. modifying startup scripts).",
          "capabilities": [
            "shell:execute",
            "filesystem:write"
          ],
          "severity": "medium"
        },
        {
          "id": "full-control-risk",
          "name": "Full-control risk",
          "description": "Shell + filesystem write + network is effectively a remote shell on the employee machine.",
          "capabilities": [
            "shell:execute",
            "filesystem:write",
            "network:outbound"
          ],
          "severity": "critical"
        }
      ]
    },
    "dangerousCombos": [
      {
        "id": "exfiltration-risk",
        "name": "Data exfiltration risk",
        "description": "Shell execution combined with outbound network access can exfiltrate arbitrary data from the machine.",
        "capabilities": [
          "shell:execute",
          "network:outbound"
        ],
        "severity": "high"
      },
      {
        "id": "credential-theft-risk",
        "name": "Credential theft risk",
        "description": "Filesystem write combined with credentials access can plant persistent credential stealers.",
        "capabilities": [
          "filesystem:write",
          "credentials:access"
        ],
        "severity": "high"
      },
      {
        "id": "filesystem-write-shell-risk",
        "name": "Persistence + execution risk",
        "description": "Shell execution plus filesystem write means the agent can plant persistent backdoors (e.g. modifying startup scripts).",
        "capabilities": [
          "shell:execute",
          "filesystem:write"
        ],
        "severity": "medium"
      },
      {
        "id": "full-control-risk",
        "name": "Full-control risk",
        "description": "Shell + filesystem write + network is effectively a remote shell on the employee machine.",
        "capabilities": [
          "shell:execute",
          "filesystem:write",
          "network:outbound"
        ],
        "severity": "critical"
      }
    ]
  }
}