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AutoUpdater module fails to validate certain nested components of the bundle on macOS

Moderate
MarshallOfSound published GHSA-77xc-hjv8-ww97 Jun 13, 2022

Package

npm electron (npm)

Affected versions

< 15.5.0 || >= 16.0.0-beta.1 < 16.2.0 || >= 17.0.0-beta.1 < 17.2.0 || >= 18.0.0-beta.1 < 18.0.0-beta.6

Patched versions

15.5.0, 16.2.0, 17.2.0, 18.0.0-beta.6

Description

Impact

This vulnerability allows attackers who have control over a given apps update server / update storage to serve maliciously crafted update packages that pass the code signing validation check but contain malicious code in some components.

Please note that this kind of attack would require significant privileges in your own auto updating infrastructure and the ease of that attack entirely depends on your infrastructure security.

Patches

This has been patched and the following Electron versions contain the fix:

  • 18.0.0-beta.6
  • 17.2.0
  • 16.2.0
  • 15.5.0

Workarounds

There are no workarounds for this issue, please update to a patched version of Electron.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@electronjs.org.

Severity

Moderate
6.6
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2022-29257

Weaknesses

No CWEs