GHSA-7fv9-m79r-j9x8 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: npm — Electron vulnerable to remote command execution
GitHub Electron before 1.6.8 allows remote command execution because of a nodeIntegration bypass vulnerability. This also affects all applications that bundle Electron code equivalent to 1.6.8 or earlier. Bypassing the Same Origin Policy (SOP) is a precondition; however, recent Electron versions do not have strict SOP enforcement. Combining an SOP bypass with a privileged URL internally used by Electron, it was possible to execute native Node.js primitives in order to run OS commands on the user's host. Specifically, a chrome-devtools://devtools/bundled/inspector.html window could be used to eval a Node.js child_process.execFile API call.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2017-12581 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.69%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.36% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 2.34% | 6.69% | +4.36% |
| 2 | 2026-04-09 | 1.85% | 2.34% | +0.48% |
| 3 | 2025-10-31 | — | 1.85% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 3.0 | HIGH |
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2.2 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
GHSA-7fv9-m79r-j9x8 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: npm — Electron vulnerable to remote command execution
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://blog.doyensec.com/2017/08/03/electron-framework-security.html | Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory |
| https://doyensec.com/resources/us-17-Carettoni-Electronegativity-A-Study-Of-Electron-Security.pdf | Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory |