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CVE-2023-23623
September 06, 2023
Electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. A Content-Security-Policy that disables eval, specifically setting a "script-src" directive and not providing "unsafe-eval" in that directive, is not respected in renderers that have sandbox disabled. i.e. "sandbox: false" in the "webPreferences" object. This allows usage of methods like "eval()" and "new Function" unexpectedly which can result in an expanded attack surface. This issue only ever affected the 22 and 23 major versions of Electron and has been fixed in the latest versions of those release lines. Specifically, these versions contain the fixes: 22.0.1 and 23.0.0-alpha.2 We recommend all apps upgrade to the latest stable version of Electron. If upgrading isn't possible, this issue can be addressed without upgrading by enabling "sandbox: true" on all renderers.
Affected Packages
electron (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=22.0.0-beta.1 <22.0.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 22.0.1
electron (NPM):
Affected version(s) =23.0.0-alpha.1 <23.0.0-alpha.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 23.0.0-alpha.2
Additional Notes
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation
EPSS
Base Score:
0.50