01 Record
CVE-2022-29257
Electron's AutoUpdater module fails to validate certain nested components of the bundle
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score6.6 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Electron's AutoUpdater module fails to validate certain nested components of the bundle
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 59.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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
- 2022-06-13 21:25Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-04-23 18:16Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-04-13
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.6)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8f7d8ea1b5d356e2ce3b11314dd9b9a4ff58a267163cc4205d80f2af70caba55
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
electronelectron< 15.5.5, >= 16.0.0-beta.1, < 16.2.6, >= 17.0.0-beta.1, < 17.2.0, >= 18.0.0-beta.1, <= 18.0.0-beta.5—