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Medium severity · published Jan 28, 2021
CVE-2020-26272
The Electron framework lets users write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS
6.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Electron framework lets users write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. In versions of Electron IPC prior to 9.4.0, 10.2.0, 11.1.0, and 12.0.0-beta.9, 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 known workarounds for this issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Electron · Electronjs
9.0.0 before 9.4.0; 10.0.0 before 10.2.0; 11.0.0 before 11.1.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; 9.0.0; +34 more · source: NVD
Affected product
EL
Electron
Electronjs
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26272
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-26272
Patch
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/07a1c2a3e5845901f7e2eda9506695be58edc73c
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/0bbd268eb4caf35604443df5ff196980dd49e208
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/36c695ce2a7e22c07fe1e30c61c00d20371daee2
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/429400040ecb16a21d19936658579e65a797e4cc
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/5c8e7e8b7f485ceafa8b271086d7b87e1de9dedd
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/26875
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