CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-4076

Trust Boundary Violation

Published: Jul 07, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

In Electron before versions 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, there is a context isolation bypass. 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. This is fixed in versions 9.0.0-beta.21, 8.2.4 and 7.2.4.

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 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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