CVE-2024-29900
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.006 · 50 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Electron Packager bundles Electron-based application source code with a renamed Electron executable and supporting files into folders ready for distribution. 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. This issue is patched in 18.3.1.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57@electron/packager's build process memory potentially leaked into final executable2024-03-29ghsa · osvUS
### 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.
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references (7)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-29900/cnnvd
- https://github.com/electron/packager/commit/d421d4bd3ced889a4143c5c3ab6d95e3be249eeecnnvd
- https://github.com/electron/packager/security/advisories/GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57cnnvd
- https://github.com/electron/packager/commit/d421d4bd3ced889a4143c5c3ab6d95e3be249eeeenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/electron/packager/security/advisories/GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/electron/packager/commit/d421d4bd3ced889a4143c5c3ab6d95e3be249eeePatchnvd
- https://github.com/electron/packager/security/advisories/GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57Vendor Advisorynvd
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