CVE-2025-55305 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-55305: Electron is vulnerable to Code Injection via resource modification

Vendor Electron
Product electron
Weakness CWE-94 · Code injection
Published September 4, 2025
Last update September 5, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.1/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 4, 2025 CVE published
September 5, 2025 Record updated