CVE-2023-29198: electron

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-29198 is a high (CVSS 8.5) vulnerability in electron. EPSS estimates a 0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 06-09-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 26-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Electron apps using `contextIsolation` and `contextBridge` are affected. This is a context isolation bypass, meaning that code running in the main world context in the renderer can reach into the isolated Electron context and perform privileged actions. This issue is only exploitable if an API exposed to the main world via `contextBridge` can return an object or array that contains a javascript object which cannot be serialized, for instance, a canvas rendering context. This would normally result in an exception being thrown `Error: object could not be cloned`. The app side workaround is to ensure that such a case is not possible. Ensure all values returned from a function exposed over the context bridge are supported. This issue has been fixed in versions `25.0.0-alpha.2`, `24.0.1`, `23.2.3`, and `22.3.6`.

• CWE-754Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional ConditionsThe product does not check or incorrectly checks for unusual or exceptional conditions that are not expected to occur frequently during day to day operation of the product.