Privilege Context Switching Error Affecting electron package, versions <29.4.0
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EPSS
0.05% (16th
percentile)
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- published 16 May 2024
- disclosed 16 Feb 2024
- credit valette
Introduced: 16 Feb 2024
CVE-2024-22017 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade electron to version 29.4.0 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 Privilege Context Switching Error in libuv's handling of io_uring operations called before calling setuid(). This allows users to elevate privileges.
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