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CVE-2020-4077: Trust Boundary Violation

July 7, 2020 (updated July 13, 2020)

In Electron, 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 both contextIsolation and contextBridge are affected.

References

  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4077
  • www.electronjs.org/releases/stable?page=3

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 7.0.0 before 7.2.4, all versions starting from 8.0.0 before 8.2.4, version 9.0.0

Fixed versions

  • 7.2.4
  • 8.2.4
  • 9.0.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 7.2.4, 8.2.4, 9.0.1 or above.

Impact 9.9 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Source file

npm/electron/CVE-2020-4077.yml

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