Incorrect Authorization Affecting electron package, versions >=13.0.0 <13.6.7>=14.0.0 <14.2.4>=15.0.0 <15.3.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.53% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-1932534
  • published9 Feb 2022
  • disclosed28 Nov 2021
  • creditNDevTK

Introduced: 28 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-38017  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 13.6.7, 14.2.4, 15.3.6 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 Incorrect Authorization. Insufficient policy enforcement in the iframe sandbox in Chromium allows a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page.

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