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High · 7.5 CVE-2024-39698 EUVD-2024-2310GHSA-9jxc-qjr9-vjxq

Code Signing Bypass on Windows in electron-updater < 6.3.0-alpha.6

Published Jul 9, 2024 · Updated Aug 2, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

electron-updater allows for automatic updates for Electron apps. The file `packages/electron-updater/src/windowsExecutableCodeSignatureVerifier.ts` implements the signature validation routine for Electron applications on Windows. Because of the surrounding shell, a first pass by `cmd.exe` expands any environment variable found in command-line above. This creates a situation where `verifySignature()` can be tricked into validating the certificate of a different file than the one that was just downloaded. If the step is successful, the malicious update will be executed even if its signature is invalid. This attack assumes a compromised update manifest (server compromise, Man-in-the-Middle attack if fetched over HTTP, Cross-Site Scripting to point the application to a malicious updater server, etc.). The patch is available starting from 6.3.0-alpha.6.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
electron-userland electron-builder < 6.3.0-alpha.6 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm electron-updater < 6.3.0-alpha.6 6.3.0-alpha.6 GHSA-9jxc-qjr9-vjxq

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