GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-xw5q-g62x-2qjc electron ASAR Integrity bypass by just modifying the content
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2024-46992
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- electron
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-354
- Reviewed
- 2025-06-30
Affected packages
• npm electron: >= 30.0.0-alpha.1, < 30.0.5 → fixed in 30.0.5
• npm electron: >= 31.0.0-alpha.1, < 31.0.0-beta.1 → fixed in 31.0.0-beta.1
Description
electron's ASAR Integrity can be bypass by modifying the content.
Impact
This only impacts apps that have the `embeddedAsarIntegrityValidation` and `onlyLoadAppFromAsar` fuses enabled. Apps without these fuses enabled are not impacted. This issue is specific to Windows, apps using these fuses on macOS are unimpacted.
Specifically this issue can only be exploited if your app is launched from a filesystem the attacker has write access too. i.e. the ability to edit files inside the .app bundle on macOS which these fuses are supposed to protect against.
Workarounds
There are no app side workarounds, you must update to a patched version of Electron.
Fixed Versions
• `30.0.5`
• `31.0.0-beta.1`
For more information
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Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2024-46992 Electron is an open source framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-354 Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value weakness