electron/packager · Security
@electron/packager's build process memory potentially leaked into final executable
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57
- CVE ID
- CVE-2024-29900
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 7.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
Impact
A random segment of ~1-10kb of Node.js heap memory allocated either side of a known buffer will be leaked into the final executable. This memory could contain sensitive information such as environment variables, secrets files, etc.
Patches
This issue is patched in 18.3.1
Workarounds
No workarounds, please update to a patched version of @electron/packager immediately if impacated.
CWEs
- CWE-402 · Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')