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Low · 2.2 CVE-2022-29247 EUVD-2022-6098GHSA-mq8j-3h7h-p8g7

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Electron

Published Jun 13, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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`.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
electron electron < 15.5.5, >= 16.0.0-beta.1, < 16.2.6, >= 17.0.0-beta.1, < 17.2.0, >= 18.0.0-beta.1, <= 18.0.0-beta.5 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm electron < 15.5.5 15.5.5 GHSA-mq8j-3h7h-p8g7
npm electron >= 16.0.0, < 16.2.6 16.2.6 GHSA-mq8j-3h7h-p8g7
npm electron >= 17.0.0, < 17.2.0 17.2.0 GHSA-mq8j-3h7h-p8g7
npm electron >= 18.0.0-beta.1, < 18.0.0-beta.6 18.0.0-beta.6 GHSA-mq8j-3h7h-p8g7

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