GHSA-mwmh-mq4g-g6gr
Electron: Registry key path injection in app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient on Windows
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
On Windows, `app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient(protocol)` did not validate the protocol name before writing to the registry. Apps that pass untrusted input as the protocol name may allow an attacker to write to arbitrary subkeys under `HKCU\Software\Classes\`, potentially hijacking existing protocol handlers.
Apps are only affected if they call `app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient()` with a protocol name derived from external or untrusted input. Apps that use a hardcoded protocol name are not affected.
### Workarounds
Validate the protocol name matches `/^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9+.-]*$/` before passing it to `app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient()`.
### Fixed Versions
* `41.0.0`
* `40.8.1`
* `39.8.1`
* `38.8.6`
### For more information
If there are any questions or comments about this advisory, please email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
References
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