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CVE-2020-26272 Detail

Description

The Electron framework lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. In affected versions of Electron IPC messages sent from the main process to a subframe in the renderer process, through webContents.sendToFrame, event.reply or when using the remote module, can in some cases be delivered to the wrong frame. If your app uses remote, calls webContents.sendToFrame, or calls event.reply in an IPC message handler then it is impacted by this issue. This has been fixed in versions 9.4.0, 10.2.0, 11.1.0, and 12.0.0-beta.9. There are no workarounds for this issue.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  6.5 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  GitHub, Inc.
Base Score:  5.4 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N


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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/07a1c2a3e5845901f7e2eda9506695be58edc73c Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/26875 Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v9.4.0 Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-hvf8-h2qh-37m9 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.electronjs.org/releases/stable?version=9#9.4.0 Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Provider acceptance level GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-26272
NVD Published Date:
01/28/2021
NVD Last Modified:
02/04/2021
Source:
GitHub, Inc.