Improper Input Validation Affecting electron package, versions >=10.0.0-beta.1 <11.2.1<9.4.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1064555
  • published24 Jan 2021
  • disclosed24 Jan 2021
  • creditMaciej Pulikowski

Introduced: 24 Jan 2021

CVE-2021-21123  (opens in a new tab)
CVE-2021-21129  (opens in a new tab)
CVE-2021-21130  (opens in a new tab)
CVE-2021-21131  (opens in a new tab)
CVE-2021-21141  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 11.2.1, 9.4.4 or higher.

Overview

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 Improper Input Validation via the File System API.

CVSS Scores

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