CVE-2023-44402
MEDIUMElectron < 22.3.24 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity via Asar Integrity Validation Bypass
Title source: llmDescription
Electron is an open source framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. This only impacts apps that have the `embeddedAsarIntegrityValidation` and `onlyLoadAppFromAsar` fuses enabled. Apps without these fuses enabled are not impacted. This issue is specific to macOS as these fuses are only currently supported on macOS. Specifically this issue can only be exploited if your app is launched from a filesystem the attacker has write access too. i.e. the ability to edit files inside the `.app` bundle on macOS which these fuses are supposed to protect against. There are no app side workarounds, you must update to a patched version of Electron.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-7m48-wc93-9g85
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/39788
Product x_refsource_misc
https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/fuses
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0021
EPSS Percentile
10.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Details
CWE
CWE-345
Status
published
Products (3)
electronjs/electron
27.0.0 alpha1 (6 CPE variants)
electronjs/electron
< 22.3.24
npm/electron
0 - 22.3.24npm
Published
Dec 01, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026