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CVE-2023-39956 — Electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications

Electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Electron apps that are launched as command line executables are impacted. Specifically this issue can only be exploited if the following conditions are met: 1. The app

CVSS
6.1 MEDIUM
EPSS
3.00% (top 92.80%)
CWE
CWE-94
Published
2023-09-06T20:09:33.185Z
Last modified
2024-09-26T15:17:59.795Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

01What is this vulnerability?

Electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Electron apps that are launched as command line executables are impacted. Specifically this issue can only be exploited if the following conditions are met: 1. The app is launched with an attacker-controlled working directory and 2. The attacker has the ability to write files to that…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
electronelectron< 22.3.19, >= 23.0.0, < 23.3.13, >= 24.0.0, < 24.7.1, >= 25.0.0, < 25.4.1, >= 26.0.0-beta.1, < 26.0.0-beta.13

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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