CVE-2020-15096

MEDIUM

Electron <6.1.1-9.0.0-beta21 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Electron before versions 6.1.1, 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, there is a context isolation bypass, meaning that code running in the main world context in the renderer can reach into the isolated Electron context and perform privileged actions. Apps using "contextIsolation" are affected. There are no app-side workarounds, you must update your Electron version to be protected. This is fixed in versions 6.1.1, 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.electronjs.org/releases/stable?page=3#release-notes-for-v824

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8
EPSS 0.0081
EPSS Percentile 52.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-501
Status published
Products (3)
electronjs/electron 9.0.0 (21 CPE variants)
electronjs/electron < 6.1.1
npm/electron 0 - 6.1.11npm
Published Jul 07, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026