What is CVE-2020-15096?

CVE-2020-15096 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Electron, classified under Trust Boundary Violation. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-07-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-15096?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Electron

CVE-2020-15096

In Electron before versions 6.1.1, 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, there is a context isolation bypass, meaning that code running in the main world context in the renderer can reach into the isolated Electron context and perform privileged…

EPSS: 0.004 (62.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Electron — versions < 6.1.1, >= 7.0.0, < 7.2.4, >= 8.0.0, < 8.2.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-501 — Trust Boundary Violation

References

www.electronjs.org/releases/stable (x_refsource_MISC)
github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-6vrv-94jv-crrg (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15096?: CVE-2020-15096 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Electron, classified under Trust Boundary Violation. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2020-07-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-15096?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.