CVE-2017-12581
GitHub Electron before 1.6.8 allows remote command execution because of a nodeIntegration bypass vulnerability.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
GitHub Electron before 1.6.8 allows remote command execution because of a nodeIntegration bypass vulnerability. This also affects all applications that bundle Electron code equivalent to 1.6.8 or earlier. Bypassing the Same Origin Policy (SOP) is a precondition; however, recent Electron versions do not have strict SOP enforcement. Combining an SOP bypass with a privileged URL internally used by Electron, it was possible to execute native Node.js primitives in order to run OS commands on the user's host. Specifically, a chrome-devtools://devtools/bundled/inspector.html window could be used to eval a Node.js child_process.execFile API call.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.69% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- electron/electron
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://blog.doyensec.com/2017/08/03/electron-framework-security.htmlExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://doyensec.com/resources/us-17-Carettoni-Electronegativity-A-Study-Of-Electron-Security.pdfExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.doyensec.com/2017/08/03/electron-framework-security.htmlExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://doyensec.com/resources/us-17-Carettoni-Electronegativity-A-Study-Of-Electron-Security.pdfExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.