01 Record
CVE-2020-26272
Electron vulnerable to ID collision when routing IPC messages to renderers containing OOPIFs
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score5.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
02 Description
Electron vulnerable to ID collision when routing IPC messages to renderers containing OOPIFs
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 77.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-01-28 18:25Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-05-27 15:20Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-10-01
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-668Exposure of Resource to Wrong SphereClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 34d1a6c993c9b3731f99b3d444b3ab818b53fb80e84e800ce16cf61963265a34
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-hvf8-h2qh-37m9
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/pull/26875
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/commit/07a1c2a3e5845901f7e2eda9506695be58edc73c
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/commit/0bbd268eb4caf35604443df5ff196980dd49e208
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/commit/36c695ce2a7e22c07fe1e30c61c00d20371daee2
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/commit/429400040ecb16a21d19936658579e65a797e4cc
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/commit/5c8e7e8b7f485ceafa8b271086d7b87e1de9dedd
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v9.4.0
- www.electronjs.orghttps://www.electronjs.org/releases/stable?version=9#9.4.0
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- electron Fixed in 11.1.0-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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