CVE-2018-15685

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

GitHub Electron 1.7.15, 1.8.7, 2.0.7, and 3.0.0-beta.6, in certain scenarios involving IFRAME elements and "nativeWindowOpen: true" or "sandbox: true" options, is affected by a WebPreferences vulnerability that can be leveraged to perform remote code execution.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-1188

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 23, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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