AutoUpdater module fails to validate certain nested components of the bundle
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Jun 13, 2022
in
electron/electron
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Updated Jan 27, 2023
Package
Affected versions
< 15.5.0
>= 16.0.0, < 16.2.0
>= 17.0.0, < 17.2.0
>= 18.0.0-beta.1, <= 18.0.0-beta.5
Patched versions
15.5.0
16.2.0
17.2.0
18.0.0-beta.6
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jun 13, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jun 16, 2022
Reviewed
Jun 16, 2022
Last updated
Jan 27, 2023
Impact
This vulnerability allows attackers who have control over a given apps update server / update storage to serve maliciously crafted update packages that pass the code signing validation check but contain malicious code in some components.
Please note that this kind of attack would require significant privileges in your own auto updating infrastructure and the ease of that attack entirely depends on your infrastructure security.
Patches
This has been patched and the following Electron versions contain the fix:
18.0.0-beta.617.2.016.2.015.5.0Workarounds
There are no workarounds for this issue, please update to a patched version of Electron.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@electronjs.org
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