CVE-2020-4077

CriticalCVSS 9.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In Electron before versions 7.2.4, 8.2.4, and 9.0.0-beta21, there is a context isolation bypass. Code running in the main world context in the renderer can reach into the isolated Electron context and perform privileged actions. Apps using both `contextIsolation` and `contextBridge` are affected. This is fixed in versions 9.0.0-beta.21, 8.2.4 and 7.2.4.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.9/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-501

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 7, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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