CriticalGHSA-4w88-rjj3-x7wpCVE-2017-16151

Chromium Remote Code Execution in electron

Published 24 Jul 2018 · Updated 8 Nov 2023

Affected packages

electronnpm

Affected: <1.6.14
Fixed in: 1.6.14

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install electron@1.6.14

electronnpm

Affected: >=1.7.0 <1.7.8
Fixed in: 1.7.8

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install electron@1.7.8

Details

Affected versions of ElectronJS are susceptible to a remote code execution vulnerability that occurs when an affected application access remote content, even if the sandbox option is enabled.

Recommendation

Update to electron version 1.7.8 or later.

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References

Advisory data from OSV.dev (opens OSV.dev in a new tab), refreshed daily.