GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-Q43M-FFWR-RPCCSSL Validation Defaults to False in electron-packager
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
5.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
27.1%
Affected versions of electron-packager configure the generated application to disable SSL certificate verification by default.
This could allow an attacker with a privileged network position to launch a Man In The Middle (MITM) attack on the install process, intercepting the step where electron-packager downloads Electron for supported target platforms and architectures, and replacing the valid download with a tampered malicious one.
This only affects users using the electron-packager CLI. The strict-ssl option defaults to true for the node.js API.
Recommendation
- Update to version 7.0.0 or later.
- Delete the
electron-downloadcache folder, which is by default located at~/.electron.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| electron-packager | ge | 5.2.1 | |
| electron-packager | lt | 7.0.0 |
Related
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
5.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
27.1%