GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-gxh7-wv9q-fwfr Electron's Content-Secrity-Policy disabling eval not applied consistently in renderers with sandbox disabled

HIGH Published 2023-09-06 Modified 2023-09-06 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-23623
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
electron
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-670
Reviewed
2023-09-06

Affected packages

• npm electron: >= 22.0.0-beta.1, < 22.0.1 → fixed in 22.0.1 • npm electron: >= 23.0.0-alpha.1, < 23.0.0-alpha.2 → fixed in 23.0.0-alpha.2

Description

Impact A Content-Security-Policy that disables eval, specifically setting a `script-src` directive and _not_ providing `unsafe-eval` in that directive, is not respected in renderers that have sandbox and contextIsolation disabled. i.e. `sandbox: false` and `contextIsolation: false` in the `webPreferences` object. This resulted in incorrectly allowing usage of methods like `eval()` and `new Function`, which can result in an expanded attack surface. Patches This issue only ever affected the 22 and 23 major versions of Electron and has been fixed in the latest versions of those release lines. Specifically, these versions contain the fixes: • 22.0.1 • 23.0.0-alpha.2 We recommend all apps upgrade to the latest stable version of Electron, especially if they use `sandbox: false` or `contextIsolation: false`. Workarounds If upgrading isn't possible, this issue can be addressed without upgrading by enabling at least one of `sandbox: true` or `contextIsolation: true` on all renderers. ```js const mainWindow = new BrowserWindow({ webPreferences: { sandbox: true, } }); ``` For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [email protected]. Credit Thanks to user @andreasdj for reporting this issue.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-23623 Electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-670 Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation weakness

References