Race Condition Affecting electron package, versions <29.4.6>=30.0.0 <30.4.0
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- published18 Aug 2024
- disclosed16 Jul 2024
- creditAllen Ding
Introduced: 16 Jul 2024
CVE-2024-6778 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade electron to version 29.4.6, 30.4.0 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 Race Condition via a crafted Chrome Extension. An attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension can inject scripts or HTML into a privileged page.