Information Exposure Affecting org.webjars.npm:electron package, versions [,32.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-3107037
  • published8 Nov 2022
  • disclosed8 Nov 2022
  • creditcoolcoolnoworries

Introduced: 8 Nov 2022

CVE-2022-36077  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-522  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.webjars.npm:electron to version 32.0.1 or higher.

Overview

org.webjars.npm:electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure in that it reveals hashed credentials when the target of a redirect is an SMB URL, such as one using the file:// scheme.

NOTE: This vulnerability is only exploitable on Windows.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be worked around by preventing redirects to file:// URLs in the WebContents.on('will-redirect') event.

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