PT-2020-14181 · Github · Electron

Marshallofsound · Published 2020-07-07 · Updated 2020-07-10 · CVE-2020-15096

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Electron versions prior to 6.1.1 Electron versions prior to 7.2.4 Electron versions prior to 8.2.4 Electron versions prior to 9.0.0-beta21

Description The issue 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.

Recommendations For Electron versions prior to 6.1.1, update to version 6.1.1 or later to be protected. For Electron versions prior to 7.2.4, update to version 7.2.4 or later to be protected. For Electron versions prior to 8.2.4, update to version 8.2.4 or later to be protected. For Electron versions prior to 9.0.0-beta21, update to version 9.0.0-beta21 or later to be protected.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-501

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-15096

GHSA-6VRV-94JV-CRRG

Affected Products

Electron

References · 7

• https://electronjs.org/releases/stable?page=3#release-notes-for-v824 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15096 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15096 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6vrv-94jv-crrg · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-6vrv-94jv-crrg · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/4889 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/13274 · Telegram Post