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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2017-16151 EUVD-2018-0225GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp

Chromium Remote Code Execution in electron

Published Jun 7, 2018 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by hackerone

Description

Based on details posted by the ElectronJS team; A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chromium that affects all recent versions of Electron. Any Electron app that accesses remote content is vulnerable to this exploit, regardless of whether the [sandbox option](https://electron.atom.io/docs/api/sandbox-option) is enabled.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
HackerOne electron node module < 1.6.14 || >= 1.7.0 < 1.7.8 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm electron < 1.6.14 1.6.14 GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp
npm electron >= 1.7.0, < 1.7.8 1.7.8 GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp

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