{
"id": "GHSA-hvf8-h2qh-37m9",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-26272"
],
"details": "### Impact\nIPC messages sent from the main process to a subframe in the renderer process, through `webContents.sendToFrame`, `event.reply` or when using the `remote` module, can in some cases be delivered to the wrong frame.\n\nIf your app does ANY of the following, then it is impacted by this issue:\n- Uses `remote`\n- Calls `webContents.sendToFrame`\n- Calls `event.reply` in an IPC message handler\n\n### Patches\nThis has been fixed in the following versions:\n\n- 9.4.0\n- 10.2.0\n- 11.1.0\n- 12.0.0-beta.9\n\n### Workarounds\nThere are no workarounds for this issue.\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [[email protected] ](mailto:[email protected] ).",
"summary": "IPC messages delivered to the wrong frame in Electron",
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "9.4.0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "electron",
"ecosystem": "npm"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
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"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
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"introduced": "10.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "10.2.0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "electron",
"ecosystem": "npm"
}
},
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "11.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "11.1.0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "electron",
"ecosystem": "npm"
}
}
],
"modified": "2025-05-27T15:20:19Z",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
}
],
"published": "2021-01-28T19:11:34Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-hvf8-h2qh-37m9",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26272",
"type": "ADVISORY"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/26875",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/07a1c2a3e5845901f7e2eda9506695be58edc73c",
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},
{
"url": "https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/0bbd268eb4caf35604443df5ff196980dd49e208",
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},
{
"url": "https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/36c695ce2a7e22c07fe1e30c61c00d20371daee2",
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},
{
"url": "https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/429400040ecb16a21d19936658579e65a797e4cc",
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{
"url": "https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/5c8e7e8b7f485ceafa8b271086d7b87e1de9dedd",
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{
"url": "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v9.4.0",
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},
{
"url": "https://www.electronjs.org/releases/stable?version=9#9.4.0",
"type": "WEB"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-668"
],
"severity": "MODERATE",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-01-28T19:15:00Z",
"github_reviewed_at": "2021-01-28T19:11:05Z"
}
}