Arbitrary File Read Affecting electron Open this link in a new tab package, versions <7.2.4 >=8.0.0 <8.2.4
Attack Complexity
High
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
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snyk-id
SNYK-JS-ELECTRON-575393
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published
7 Jul 2020
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disclosed
7 Jul 2020
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credit
Unknown
How to fix?
Upgrade electron
to version 7.2.4, 8.2.4 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 Arbitrary File Read. It allows arbitrary local file read by defining unsafe window options on a child window opened via window.open
.