Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2022-29247

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript (JS), HTML, and CSS. A vulnerability in versions prior to 18.0.0-beta.6, 17.2.0, 16.2.6, and 15.5.5 allows a renderer with JS execution to obtain access to a new renderer process with nodeIntegrationInSubFrames enabled which in turn allows effective access to ipcRenderer. The nodeIntegrationInSubFrames option does not implicitly grant Node.js access. Rather, it depends on the existing sandbox setting. If an application is sandboxed, then nodeIntegrationInSubFrames just gives access to the sandboxed renderer APIs, which include ipcRenderer. If the application then additionally exposes IPC messages without IPC senderFrame validation that perform privileged actions or return confidential data this access to ipcRenderer can in turn compromise your application / user even with the sandbox enabled. Electron versions 18.0.0-beta.6, 17.2.0, 16.2.6, and 15.5.5 contain a fix for this issue. As a workaround, ensure that all IPC message handlers appropriately validate senderFrame.

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Critical
  • Score: 9.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
electronjs / electron 18.0.0-beta1 18.0.0-beta1.x
electronjs / electron 18.0.0-beta2 18.0.0-beta2.x
electronjs / electron 18.0.0-beta3 18.0.0-beta3.x
electronjs / electron 18.0.0-beta4 18.0.0-beta4.x
electronjs / electron 18.0.0-beta5 18.0.0-beta5.x
electronjs / electron 17.0.0-beta1 17.0.0-beta1.x
electronjs / electron 17.0.0-beta2 17.0.0-beta2.x
electronjs / electron 17.0.0-beta3 17.0.0-beta3.x
electronjs / electron 17.0.0-beta4 17.0.0-beta4.x
electronjs / electron 17.0.0-beta5 17.0.0-beta5.x
electronjs / electron 17.0.0-beta6 17.0.0-beta6.x
electronjs / electron 17.0.0-beta7 17.0.0-beta7.x
electronjs / electron 17.0.0-beta8 17.0.0-beta8.x
electronjs / electron 17.0.0-beta9 17.0.0-beta9.x
electronjs / electron 17.0.1 17.2.0
electronjs / electron 16.0.0-beta1 16.0.0-beta1.x
electronjs / electron 16.0.0-beta2 16.0.0-beta2.x
electronjs / electron 16.0.0-beta3 16.0.0-beta3.x
electronjs / electron 16.0.0-beta4 16.0.0-beta4.x
electronjs / electron 16.0.0-beta5 16.0.0-beta5.x
electronjs / electron 16.0.0-beta6 16.0.0-beta6.x
electronjs / electron 16.0.0-beta7 16.0.0-beta7.x
electronjs / electron 16.0.0-beta8 16.0.0-beta8.x
electronjs / electron 16.0.0-beta9 16.0.0-beta9.x
electronjs / electron 16.0.1 16.2.6
electronjs / electron - 15.5.5
electron - 15.5.5
electron 16.0.0 16.2.6
electron 17.0.0 17.2.0
electron 18.0.0-beta.1 18.0.0-beta.6