Inappropriate Implementation Affecting electron package, versions <14.2.2 >=15.0.0 <15.3.3


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.24% (65th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1924894
  • published 9 Jan 2022
  • disclosed 23 Nov 2021
  • credit Sergei Glazunov

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 14.2.2, 15.3.3 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 Inappropriate Implementation via service workers in Google Chrome. This allows a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page.