CVE-2022-29247

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Electron

State
Published
Severity
2.2 Low
Published
Jun 13, 2022
Updated
Apr 23, 2025
Reserved
Apr 13, 2022

Read the record on cve.org

Description

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`.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.12.2 LowCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Affected Products

ProductVersions
electronelectron
  • < 15.5.5Affected
  • >= 16.0.0-beta.1, < 16.2.6Affected
  • >= 17.0.0-beta.1, < 17.2.0Affected
  • >= 18.0.0-beta.1, <= 18.0.0-beta.5Affected

References

Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.