CVE-2025-55305CWE-829CWE-94code-injection

CVE-2025-55305

Medium · published September 5, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.1 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00276 · 19.0th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-829 · Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere; CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2025-09-05T03:15Z
References (9)
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/23a02934510fcf951428e14573d9b2d2a3c4f28b · [email protected]https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/2e5a0b7220ebf955c6785cc5adb2e2b1cf77dac1 · [email protected]https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/3f92511cdecc39f46b0e86cce40a0c691e301c9d · [email protected]https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/fdf29ce83870109d403f5c23ae529dbd0e8f4fee · [email protected]https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48101 · [email protected]https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48102 · [email protected]https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48103 · [email protected]https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/48104 · [email protected]https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-vmqv-hx8q-j7mg · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 SEP 23:05Z
    Electron is vulnerable to Code Injection via resource modification
    cvelistv5