GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wp Chromium Remote Code Execution in electron

CRITICAL Published 2018-07-24 Modified 2023-09-13 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2017-16151
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
electron
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-94
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• npm electron: < 1.6.14 → fixed in 1.6.14 • npm electron: >= 1.7.0, < 1.7.8 → fixed in 1.7.8

Description

Affected versions of `ElectronJS` are susceptible to a remote code execution vulnerability that occurs when an affected application access remote content, even if the sandbox option is enabled. Recommendation Update to electron version 1.7.8 or later.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2017-16151 Based on details posted by the ElectronJS team; A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in Google Chromium that affects… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References