CVE-2022-29247 (GCVE-0-2022-29247)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-13 21:05 – Updated: 2025-04-23 18:16
VLAI
Title
Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Electron
Summary
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript (JS), HTML, and CSS. A vulnerability in versions prior to 18.0.0-beta.6, 17.2.0, 16.2.6, and 15.5.5 allows a renderer with JS execution to obtain access to a new renderer process with `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` enabled which in turn allows effective access to `ipcRenderer`. The `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` option does not implicitly grant Node.js access. Rather, it depends on the existing sandbox setting. If an application is sandboxed, then `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` just gives access to the sandboxed renderer APIs, which include `ipcRenderer`. If the application then additionally exposes IPC messages without IPC `senderFrame` validation that perform privileged actions or return confidential data this access to `ipcRenderer` can in turn compromise your application / user even with the sandbox enabled. Electron versions 18.0.0-beta.6, 17.2.0, 16.2.6, and 15.5.5 contain a fix for this issue. As a workaround, ensure that all IPC message handlers appropriately validate `senderFrame`.
Severity
2.2 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-23 14:05 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-668 - Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
electron electron Affected: < 15.5.5
Affected: >= 16.0.0-beta.1, < 16.2.6
Affected: >= 17.0.0-beta.1, < 17.2.0
Affected: >= 18.0.0-beta.1, <= 18.0.0-beta.5
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