Insecure Defaults Affecting electron package, versions <10.4.1 >=11.0.0 <11.4.1


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.58% (78th percentile)
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NVD
8.1 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1088602
  • published 25 Mar 2021
  • disclosed 24 Mar 2021
  • credit Maciej Pulikowski

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 10.4.1, 11.4.1 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 Insecure Defaults. Insufficient policy enforcement in the File System API of chromium allows a remote attacker to bypass filesystem restrictions via a crafted HTML page.