What is CVE-2017-12581?

CVE-2017-12581 is a high-severity vulnerability in Electron, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-08-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-12581?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-12581 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Electron

CVE-2017-12581

GitHub Electron before 1.6.8 allows remote command execution because of a nodeIntegration bypass vulnerability. This also affects all applications that bundle Electron code equivalent to 1.6.8 or earlier. Bypassing the Same Origin Policy (…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.067 (93.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Electron
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12581?: CVE-2017-12581 is a high-severity vulnerability in Electron, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-12581?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-12581 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.