CVE-2023-29198 (Medium) detected in electron-12.2.1.tgz

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CVE-2023-29198 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - electron-12.2.1.tgz

Build cross platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

Library home page: https://registry.npmjs.org/electron/-/electron-12.2.1.tgz

Path to dependency file: /package.json

Path to vulnerable library: /node_modules/electron/package.json

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ electron-12.2.1.tgz (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 75b1b367dd4a1fb86cc96f5a7a44e354f1ca3a39

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

Electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Electron apps using contextIsolation and contextBridge are affected. This 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. This issue is only exploitable if an API exposed to the main world via contextBridge can return an object or array that contains a javascript object which cannot be serialized, for instance, a canvas rendering context. This would normally result in an exception being thrown Error: object could not be cloned. The app side workaround is to ensure that such a case is not possible. Ensure all values returned from a function exposed over the context bridge are supported. This issue has been fixed in versions 25.0.0-alpha.2, 24.0.1, 23.2.3, and 22.3.6.

Publish Date: 2023-09-06

URL: CVE-2023-29198

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.0)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Changed
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: Low
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29198

Release Date: 2023-09-06

Fix Resolution: 22.3.6

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