cve-2023-29198
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-06 20:13
Modified
2024-09-26 15:12
Severity ?
6.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
Context isolation bypass via nested unserializable return value in Electron
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-p7v2-p9m8-qqg7Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/context-bridge#parameter--error--return-type-supportProduct
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-p7v2-p9m8-qqg7Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/context-bridge#parameter--error--return-type-supportProduct
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