Improper Input Validation Affecting electron package, versions <15.5.4 >=16.0.0 <16.2.6 >=17.0.0 <17.4.3 >=18.0.0 <18.2.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-2807803
  • published 15 May 2022
  • disclosed 4 May 2022
  • credit Michał Bentkowski

How to fix?

Upgrade electron to version 15.5.4, 16.2.6, 17.4.3, 18.2.2 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 in Blink Editing.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

6.1 medium