CVE-2020-15096 Affecting electron/electron package, versions [,6.1.1)[7.0.0,7.2.4)[8.0.0,8.2.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ELECTRONELECTRON-2370576
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Jul 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-15096  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade electron/electron to version 6.1.1, 7.2.4, 8.2.4 or higher.

Overview

In Electron before versions 6.1.1, 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, there is a context isolation bypass, meaning that code running in the main world context in the renderer can reach into the isolated Electron context and perform privileged actions. Apps using "contextIsolation" are affected. There are no app-side workarounds, you must update your Electron version to be protected. This is fixed in versions 6.1.1, 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21.

CVSS Scores

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