MEDIUM 5.4 npm
IPC messages delivered to the wrong frame in Electron
GHSA-hvf8-h2qh-37m9 · CVE-2020-26272
Published · Modified
Description
Impact
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 does ANY of the following, then it is impacted by this issue:
- Uses
remote - Calls
webContents.sendToFrame - Calls
event.replyin an IPC message handler
Patches
This has been fixed in the following versions:
- 9.4.0
- 10.2.0
- 11.1.0
- 12.0.0-beta.9
Workarounds
There are no workarounds for this issue.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@electronjs.org.
References
- WEB https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-hvf8-h2qh-37m9
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26272
- WEB https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/26875
- WEB https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/07a1c2a3e5845901f7e2eda9506695be58edc73c
- WEB https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/0bbd268eb4caf35604443df5ff196980dd49e208
- WEB https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/36c695ce2a7e22c07fe1e30c61c00d20371daee2
- WEB https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/429400040ecb16a21d19936658579e65a797e4cc
- WEB https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/5c8e7e8b7f485ceafa8b271086d7b87e1de9dedd
- WEB https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v9.4.0
- WEB https://www.electronjs.org/releases/stable?version=9#9.4.0
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