CVE-2025-55305

medium

Description

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. In versions below 35.7.5, 36.0.0-alpha.1 through 36.8.0, 37.0.0-alpha.1 through 37.3.1 and 38.0.0-alpha.1 through 38.0.0-beta.6, ASAR Integrity Bypass via resource modification. This only impacts apps that have the embeddedAsarIntegrityValidation and onlyLoadAppFromAsar fuses enabled. Apps without these fuses enabled are not impacted. This issue is fixed in versions 35.7.5, 36.8.1, 37.3.1 and 38.0.0-beta.6.

References

https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-vmqv-hx8q-j7mg

https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48104

https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48103

https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48102

https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48101

https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/fdf29ce83870109d403f5c23ae529dbd0e8f4fee

https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/3f92511cdecc39f46b0e86cce40a0c691e301c9d

https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/2e5a0b7220ebf955c6785cc5adb2e2b1cf77dac1

https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/23a02934510fcf951428e14573d9b2d2a3c4f28b

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-09-04

Updated: 2025-09-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:C/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00013