CVE-2016-10534 – electron-packager

Package

Manager: npm
Name: electron-packager
Vulnerable Version: >=5.2.1 <7.0.0

Severity

Level: Low

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00156 pctl0.36946

Details

SSL Validation Defaults to False in electron-packager Affected versions of `electron-packager` configure the generated application to disable SSL certificate verification by default. This could allow an attacker with a privileged network position to launch a Man In The Middle (MITM) attack on the install process, intercepting the step where electron-packager downloads Electron for supported target platforms and architectures, and replacing the valid download with a tampered malicious one. This only affects users using the electron-packager CLI. The strict-ssl option defaults to true for the node.js API. ## Recommendation 1. Update to version 7.0.0 or later. 2. Delete the `electron-download` cache folder, which is by default located at `~/.electron`.

Metadata

Created: 2019-02-18T23:58:24Z
Modified: 2021-01-08T18:18:07Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2019/02/GHSA-q43m-ffwr-rpcc/GHSA-q43m-ffwr-rpcc.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-295"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-q43m-ffwr-rpcc
Finding: F163
Auto approve: 1