The Electron framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. In affected versions of Electron IPC messages sent from the main process to a subframe in the renderer process, through webContents.sendToFrame, event.reply or when using the remote module, can in some cases be delivered to the wrong frame. If your app uses remote, calls webContents.sendToFrame, or calls event.reply in an IPC message handler then it is impacted by this issue. This has been fixed in versions 9.4.0, 10.2.0, 11.1.0, and 12.0.0-beta.9. There are no workarounds for this issue.
The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electron | Electronjs | 9.0.0 (including) | 9.4.0 (excluding) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0 (including) | 10.2.0 (excluding) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0 (including) | 11.1.0 (excluding) |
| 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-beta21 (including) | 9.0.0-beta21 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 9.0.0-beta22 (including) | 9.0.0-beta22 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 9.0.0-beta23 (including) | 9.0.0-beta23 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 9.0.0-beta24 (including) | 9.0.0-beta24 (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) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta1 (including) | 10.0.0-beta1 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta10 (including) | 10.0.0-beta10 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta11 (including) | 10.0.0-beta11 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta12 (including) | 10.0.0-beta12 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta13 (including) | 10.0.0-beta13 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta14 (including) | 10.0.0-beta14 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta15 (including) | 10.0.0-beta15 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta17 (including) | 10.0.0-beta17 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta19 (including) | 10.0.0-beta19 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta2 (including) | 10.0.0-beta2 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta20 (including) | 10.0.0-beta20 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta21 (including) | 10.0.0-beta21 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta23 (including) | 10.0.0-beta23 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta24 (including) | 10.0.0-beta24 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta25 (including) | 10.0.0-beta25 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta3 (including) | 10.0.0-beta3 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta4 (including) | 10.0.0-beta4 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta5 (including) | 10.0.0-beta5 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta6 (including) | 10.0.0-beta6 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta7 (including) | 10.0.0-beta7 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta8 (including) | 10.0.0-beta8 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 10.0.0-beta9 (including) | 10.0.0-beta9 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta1 (including) | 11.0.0-beta1 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta10 (including) | 11.0.0-beta10 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta11 (including) | 11.0.0-beta11 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta12 (including) | 11.0.0-beta12 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta13 (including) | 11.0.0-beta13 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta14 (including) | 11.0.0-beta14 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta15 (including) | 11.0.0-beta15 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta16 (including) | 11.0.0-beta16 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta17 (including) | 11.0.0-beta17 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta18 (including) | 11.0.0-beta18 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta19 (including) | 11.0.0-beta19 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta20 (including) | 11.0.0-beta20 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta21 (including) | 11.0.0-beta21 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta22 (including) | 11.0.0-beta22 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta23 (including) | 11.0.0-beta23 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta3 (including) | 11.0.0-beta3 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta4 (including) | 11.0.0-beta4 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta5 (including) | 11.0.0-beta5 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta6 (including) | 11.0.0-beta6 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta7 (including) | 11.0.0-beta7 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta8 (including) | 11.0.0-beta8 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 11.0.0-beta9 (including) | 11.0.0-beta9 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 12.0.0-beta1 (including) | 12.0.0-beta1 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 12.0.0-beta3 (including) | 12.0.0-beta3 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 12.0.0-beta4 (including) | 12.0.0-beta4 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 12.0.0-beta5 (including) | 12.0.0-beta5 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 12.0.0-beta6 (including) | 12.0.0-beta6 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 12.0.0-beta7 (including) | 12.0.0-beta7 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 12.0.0-beta8 (including) | 12.0.0-beta8 (including) |
| Electron | Electronjs | 12.0.0-beta9 (including) | 12.0.0-beta9 (including) |
Resources such as files and directories may be inadvertently exposed through mechanisms such as insecure permissions, or when a program accidentally operates on the wrong object. For example, a program may intend that private files can only be provided to a specific user. This effectively defines a control sphere that is intended to prevent attackers from accessing these private files. If the file permissions are insecure, then parties other than the user will be able to access those files. A separate control sphere might effectively require that the user can only access the private files, but not any other files on the system. If the program does not ensure that the user is only requesting private files, then the user might be able to access other files on the system. In either case, the end result is that a resource has been exposed to the wrong party.