CVE-2022-29247
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2022-06-13
- Fixed in18.0.0-beta.6 · 17.2.0 · 16.2.6 · 15.5.5
- WeaknessCWE-668
Am I affected?
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Description
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript (JS), HTML, and CSS. A vulnerability in versions prior to 18.0.0-beta.6, 17.2.0, 16.2.6, and 15.5.5 allows a renderer with JS execution to obtain access to a new renderer process with `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` enabled which in turn allows effective access to `ipcRenderer`. The `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` option does not implicitly grant Node.js access. Rather, it depends on the existing sandbox setting. If an application is sandboxed, then `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames` just gives access to the sandboxed renderer APIs, which include `ipcRenderer`. If the application then additionally exposes IPC messages without IPC `senderFrame` validation that perform privileged actions or return confidential data this access to `ipcRenderer` can in turn compromise your application / user even with the sandbox enabled. Electron versions 18.0.0-beta.6, 17.2.0, 16.2.6, and 15.5.5 contain a fix for this issue. As a workaround, ensure that all IPC message handlers appropriately validate `senderFrame`.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2022-06-1321:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-29247?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-29247?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
OSV · NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18.0 | ≥ 18.0.0-beta.1, < 18.0.0-beta.6 | 18.0.0-beta.6 | OSV |
| 17.x | ≥ 17.0.1, < 17.2.0 | 17.2.0 | NVD |
| 17.x | ≥ 17.0.0, < 17.2.0 | 17.2.0 | OSV |
| 16.x | ≥ 16.0.1, < 16.2.6 | 16.2.6 | NVD |
| 16.x | ≥ 16.0.0, < 16.2.6 | 16.2.6 | OSV |
| 15.5 | < 15.5.5 | 15.5.5 | NVD · OSV |
| 16.0 | = 16.0.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 17.0 | = 17.0.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 18.0 | = 18.0.0 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update Electronjs electron to 18.0.0-beta.6 · 17.2.0 · 16.2.6 · 15.5.5
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2022-06-13
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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