GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-7x97-j373-85x5 Electron vulnerable to out-of-package code execution when launched with arbitrary cwd
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2023-39956
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- electron
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
- Reviewed
- 2023-09-06
Affected packages
• npm electron: < 22.3.19 → fixed in 22.3.19
• npm electron: >= 23.0.0-alpha.1, < 23.3.13 → fixed in 23.3.13
• npm electron: >= 24.0.0-alpha.1, < 24.7.1 → fixed in 24.7.1
• npm electron: >= 25.0.0-alpha.1, < 25.5.0 → fixed in 25.5.0
• npm electron: >= 26.0.0-alpha.1, < 26.0.0-beta.13 → fixed in 26.0.0-beta.13
Description
Impact
Apps that are launched as command line executables are impacted. E.g. if your app exposes itself in the path as `myapp --help`
Specifically this issue can only be exploited if the following conditions are met:
• Your app is launched with an attacker-controlled working directory
• The attacker has the ability to write files to that working directory
This makes the risk quite low, in fact normally issues of this kind are considered outside of our threat model as similar to Chromium we exclude Physically Local Attacks but given the ability for this issue to bypass certain protections like ASAR Integrity it is being treated with higher importance. Please bear this in mind when reporting similar issues in the future.
Workarounds
There are no app side workarounds, you must update to a patched version of Electron.
Fixed Versions
• `26.0.0-beta.13`
• `25.5.0`
• `24.7.1`
• `23.3.13`
• `22.3.19`
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [email protected]
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2023-39956 Electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness