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CVE-2023-44402 — Electron is an open source framework for writing cross-platform desktop applicat

Electron is an open source framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. This only impacts apps that have the `embeddedAsarIntegrityValidation` and `onlyLoadAppFromAsar` fuses enabled. Apps without these fuses enabled are not impacted.

CVSS
6.1 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.11% (top 70.10%)
CWE
CWE-345
Published
2023-12-01T21:45:18.379Z
Last modified
2024-08-02T20:07:33.168Z
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 an open source framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. This only impacts apps that have the `embeddedAsarIntegrityValidation` and `onlyLoadAppFromAsar` fuses enabled. Apps without these fuses enabled are not impacted. This issue is specific to macOS as these fuses are only currently supported on macOS. Specifically this issue can only…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
electronelectron< 22.3.24, >= 23.0.0-alpha.1, <= 23.3.13, >= 24.0.0-alpha.1, < 24.8.3, >= 25.0.0-alpha.1, < 25.8.1, >= 26.0.0-alpha.1, < 26.2.1, >= 27.0.0-alpha.1, < 27.0.0-alpha.7

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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