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  • High 7.4

    Electron: Mitigation for compromised eMudhra intermediate certificates

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 42.11.16, 43.8.1, 44.9.1, and 45.0.0-beta.6, Electron does not block compromised eMudhra intermediate certificates in Chromium networking, Node.js…

  • High 7.8

    Electron: Sandboxed preload code cache can be poisoned by a compromised renderer

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. From 42.3.3 until 42.10.0, 43.5.0, and 44.0.0-beta.6, Electron's sandboxed preload code cache did not verify that a cached entry matched the preload it was…

  • High 8.3

    Electron: <webview> can enable Node.js integration in Web Workers despite embedder restrictions

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, and 44.0.0-beta.5, an Electron <webview> guest could enable nodeIntegrationInWorker for its Web Workers even when the uns…

  • High 7.4

    Electron: File and HTTP protocol handlers allow cross-origin reads without corsEnabled

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, and 44.0.0-beta.5, responses served through protocol.registerFileProtocol or protocol.registerHttpProtocol for a custom s…

  • High 8.2

    Electron: Windows opened from a sandboxed top-level document do not inherit its sandbox restrictions

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, and 44.0.0-beta.5, windows opened from a sandboxed top-level document did not inherit that document's active HTML sandbox…

  • High 8.2

    Electron drops inherited HTML sandbox restrictions for popups opened through OpenURLFromTab

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 41.10.4, 42.5.2, and 43.0.0, popups opened from a sandboxed iframe through Electron's OpenURLFromTab navigation path, including links using target…

  • High 7.2

    Electron: Sandboxed iframe can bypass the allow-popups restriction via the OpenURL navigation path

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.10, 41.10.3, and 42.0.1, a sandboxed iframe without the allow-popups keyword could still open a new window or trigger setWindowOpenHandler wi…

  • High 7.4

    Electron: Custom protocol with supportFetchAPI but not corsEnabled allows cross-origin reads

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.10, 40.9.3, 41.4.0, and 42.0.0, a custom scheme registered with supportFetchAPI: true but without corsEnabled: true was not subject to CORS e…

  • High 7.5

    Electron: Context isolation bypass via Function.prototype.bind hijack

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.9, 40.9.2, 41.2.2, and 42.0.0-beta.5, apps that expose Promise-returning functions to web content via contextBridge may be vulnerable to a co…

  • High 8.4

    Electron: Context Isolation bypass via contextBridge VideoFrame transfer

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. From versions 39.0.0-alpha.1 to before 39.8.0, 40.0.0-alpha.1 to before 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-alpha.1 to before 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that pass VideoFrame objec…

  • High 8.1

    Electron: Use-after-free in offscreen child window paint callback

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 39.8.1, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0, apps that use offscreen rendering and allow child windows via window.open() may be vulnerable to a use-after-…

  • High 7.5

    Electron: Use-after-free in WebContents fullscreen, pointer-lock, and keyboard-lock permission callbacks

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that register an asynchronous session.setPermissionRequestHandler() may be vulnerable to …

  • High 7.0

    Electron: Use-after-free in PowerMonitor on Windows and macOS

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that use the powerMonitor module may be vulnerable to a use-after-free. After the native …

  • High 7.8

    Electron: Renderer command-line switch injection via undocumented commandLineSwitches webPreference

    Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, an undocumented commandLineSwitches webPreference allowed arbitrary switches to be appended to…

  • High 7.8

    Electron ASAR Integrity bypass by just modifying the content

    Electron is an open source framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. From versions 30.0.0-alpha.1 to before 30.0.5 and 31.0.0-alpha.1 to before 31.0.0-beta.1, Electron is vulnerable to an ASAR Integrity bypass. …

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2023-5217 Exploited Public exploit EPSS 49%

    Electron affected by libvpx's heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding

    Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

    KEV Oct 2, 2023
  • High 8.8
    CVE-2023-4863 Exploited Public exploit EPSS 100%

    libwebp: OOB write in BuildHuffmanTable

    Heap buffer overflow in libwebp in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.187 and libwebp 1.3.2 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

    KEV Sep 13, 2023
  • High 7.5

    Content-Secrity-Policy disabling eval not applied consistently in renderers with sandbox disabled in Electron

    Electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. A Content-Security-Policy that disables eval, specifically setting a `script-src` directive and _not_ providing `unsafe-eval` in that directive, i…

  • High 7.2

    Electron subject to Exfiltration of hashed SMB credentials on Windows via file:// redirect

    The Electron framework enables writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. In versions prior to 21.0.0-beta.1, 20.0.1, 19.0.11, and 18.3.7, Electron is vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive Information. When following a redirect,…

  • High 7.5

    Unpreventable top-level navigation in Electron

    In Electron before versions 11.0.0-beta.1, 10.0.1, 9.3.0 or 8.5.1 the `will-navigate` event that apps use to prevent navigations to unexpected destinations as per our security recommendations can be bypassed when a sub-frame performs a top-frame navigation ac…

  • High 7.8

    Context isolation bypass via leaked cross-context objects in Electron

    In Electron before versions 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, there is a context isolation bypass. Code running in the main world context in the renderer can reach into the isolated Electron context and perform privileged actions. Apps using contextIsolation ar…

  • High 7.7

    Context isolation bypass via contextBridge in Electron

    In Electron before versions 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, there is a context isolation bypass. Code running in the main world context in the renderer can reach into the isolated Electron context and perform privileged actions. Apps using both `contextIsolat…

  • High 8.1
    CVE-2018-15685 Public exploit EPSS 10%

    Electron webPreferences vulnerability can be used to perform remote code execution

    GitHub Electron 1.7.15, 1.8.7, 2.0.7, and 3.0.0-beta.6, in certain scenarios involving IFRAME elements and "nativeWindowOpen: true" or "sandbox: true" options, is affected by a WebPreferences vulnerability that can be leveraged to perform remote code executio…

  • High 8.1

    Electron Vulnerable to Code Execution by Re-Enabling Node.js Integration

    Electron version 1.7 up to 1.7.12; 1.8 up to 1.8.3 and 2.0.0 up to 2.0.0-beta.3 contains an improper handling of values vulnerability in Webviews that can result in remote code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via an app which allows execution …

  • High 8.8

    Electron protocol handler browser vulnerable to Command Injection

    Github Electron version Electron 1.8.2-beta.4 and earlier contains a Command Injection vulnerability in Protocol Handler that can result in command execute. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim opening an electron protocol handler in their brow…

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2018-1000006 Public exploit EPSS 89%

    Remote Code Execution in electron

    GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron apps running on Windows 10, 7 or 2008 that register custom protocol handlers can be tricked in arbitra…

  • High 8.1

    Electron vulnerable to remote command execution

    GitHub Electron before 1.6.8 allows remote command execution because of a nodeIntegration bypass vulnerability. This also affects all applications that bundle Electron code equivalent to 1.6.8 or earlier. Bypassing the Same Origin Policy (SOP) is a preconditi…

  • High 7.8

    High severity vulnerability that affects electron

    Untrusted search path vulnerability in Atom Electron before 0.33.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Node.js module in a parent directory of a directory named on a require line.