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ASAR Integrity bypass via filetype confusion

Moderate
MarshallOfSound published GHSA-7m48-wc93-9g85 Dec 1, 2023

Package

npm electron (npm)

Affected versions

< 22.3.24 || >= 23.0.0-alpha.1 < 23.3.14 || >= 24.0.0-alpha.1 < 24.8.3 || >= 25.0.0-alpha.1 < 25.8.1 || >= 26.0.0-alpha.1 < 26.2.1 || >= 27.0.0-alpha.1 < 27.0.0-alpha.7

Patched versions

22.3.24, 24.8.3, 25.8.1, 26.2.1, 27.0.0-alpha.7

Description

Impact

This only impacts apps that have the embeddedAsarIntegrityValidation and onlyLoadAppFromAsar fuses enabled. Apps without these fuses enabled are not impacted. This issue is specific to macOS as these fuses are only currently supported on macOS.

Specifically this issue can only be exploited if your app is launched from a filesystem the attacker has write access too. i.e. the ability to edit files inside the .app bundle on macOS which these fuses are supposed to protect against.

Workarounds

There are no app side workarounds, you must update to a patched version of Electron.

Fixed Versions

  • 27.0.0-alpha.7
  • 26.2.1
  • 25.8.1
  • 24.8.3
  • 22.3.24

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@electronjs.org

Severity

Moderate
6.1
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

CVE ID

CVE-2023-44402

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits