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Plain-English summary
CVE-2022-29247 affects some Electron-based desktop applications. Under specific conditions, code already running in a renderer can gain access to IPC messaging surfaces that the application may have assumed were unreachable. Business risk depends heavily on whether the affected app exposes sensitive or privileged IPC handlers without validating the sender frame.
Executive priority
Treat as a targeted hardening issue, not an emergency, unless your Electron app handles untrusted content or exposes powerful IPC actions. Patch during the next controlled release cycle, with higher priority for customer-facing or data-sensitive desktop applications.
Technical view
In vulnerable Electron versions, a renderer with JavaScript execution can access a new renderer process with nodeIntegrationInSubFrames enabled. In sandboxed apps this can still expose sandboxed renderer APIs, including ipcRenderer. Impact requires app-specific IPC handlers that omit senderFrame validation and perform privileged actions or return confidential data.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in Electron desktop apps using affected 15.x, 16.x, 17.x, or 18 beta versions and IPC handlers that trust renderer access too broadly. Organizations only running patched Electron builds or apps with strict senderFrame validation have materially lower exposure.
Exploitation context
The provided sources do not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation evidence. Exploitation requires prior renderer JavaScript execution and favorable application IPC design, which limits general-purpose risk. Successful abuse could affect confidentiality or application/user security depending on exposed IPC handlers.
Researcher notes
The critical dependency is application IPC design. The Electron flaw exposes ipcRenderer in conditions that may matter only if handlers fail to authenticate the sender frame. Evidence supports low severity and no confirmed active exploitation in the supplied bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Electron to 15.5.5, 16.2.6, 17.2.0, 18.0.0-beta.6, or later.
- Validate senderFrame in every IPC message handler.
- Review IPC handlers that return confidential data or perform privileged actions.
- Check Electron’s advisory for vendor-specific guidance before release.
- Prioritize fixes for apps processing untrusted web content.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Electron versions bundled in desktop applications.
- Identify apps using nodeIntegrationInSubFrames or complex iframe/subframe behavior.
- Audit IPC handlers for senderFrame validation.
- Confirm patched Electron versions in shipped application artifacts.
- Regression test IPC authorization boundaries after upgrading.
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- Low
- CVSS
- 2.2 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N0.71.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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2.2LowVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-mq8j-3h7h-p8g7CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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