cvelistv5 - CVE-2020-4076

CVE-2020-4076

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2020-07-07 00:05

Modified

2024-08-04 07:52

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Summary

Context isolation bypass via leaked cross-context objects in Electron

References

▼	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-m93v-9qjc-3g79	Third Party Advisory
	security-advisories@github.com	https://www.electronjs.org/releases/stable?page=3#release-notes-for-v824	Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

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electron

Version: >= 9.0.0-beta.0, <= 9.0.0-beta.20
Version: >= 8.0.0, < 8.2.4
Version: < 7.2.4

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CVE-2020-4076

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

gsd-2020-4076

Vulnerability from gsd

ghsa-m93v-9qjc-3g79

Vulnerability from github

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