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

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-2807803
  • published15 May 2022
  • disclosed4 May 2022
  • creditMichał Bentkowski

Introduced: 4 May 2022

CVE-2022-1492  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

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

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