CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-15096

Trust Boundary Violation

Published: Jul 07, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.8
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

In Electron before versions 6.1.1, 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, there 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. Apps using contextIsolation are affected. There are no app-side workarounds, you must update your Electron version to be protected. This is fixed in versions 6.1.1, 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21.

Weakness

The product mixes trusted and untrusted data in the same data structure or structured message.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Electron Electronjs * 6.1.1 (excluding)
Electron Electronjs 7.0.0 (including) 7.2.4 (excluding)
Electron Electronjs 8.0.0 (including) 8.2.4 (excluding)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0 (including) 9.0.0 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta1 (including) 9.0.0-beta1 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta10 (including) 9.0.0-beta10 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta11 (including) 9.0.0-beta11 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta12 (including) 9.0.0-beta12 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta13 (including) 9.0.0-beta13 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta14 (including) 9.0.0-beta14 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta15 (including) 9.0.0-beta15 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta16 (including) 9.0.0-beta16 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta17 (including) 9.0.0-beta17 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta18 (including) 9.0.0-beta18 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta19 (including) 9.0.0-beta19 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta2 (including) 9.0.0-beta2 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta20 (including) 9.0.0-beta20 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta3 (including) 9.0.0-beta3 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta4 (including) 9.0.0-beta4 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta5 (including) 9.0.0-beta5 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta6 (including) 9.0.0-beta6 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta7 (including) 9.0.0-beta7 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta8 (including) 9.0.0-beta8 (including)
Electron Electronjs 9.0.0-beta9 (including) 9.0.0-beta9 (including)

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