CVE-2020-15174

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15174
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-15174.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-15174
Aliases
Published
2020-10-06T18:15:14Z
Modified
2026-08-18T11:46:23Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In Electron before versions 11.0.0-beta.1, 10.0.1, 9.3.0 or 8.5.1 the will-navigate event that apps use to prevent navigations to unexpected destinations as per our security recommendations can be bypassed when a sub-frame performs a top-frame navigation across sites. The issue is patched in versions 11.0.0-beta.1, 10.0.1, 9.3.0 or 8.5.1 As a workaround sandbox all your iframes using the sandbox attribute. This will prevent them creating top-frame navigations and is good practice anyway.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/electron/electron

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/electron/electron
Events
Introduced
1af3a71fdbb3130fd581b12d8f5a7440e7a04fc6
Fixed
5b9088a7cf8cd4989d78ce9d4ed8f522e9181728
Introduced
4da01641ce50cf5a8b6f39717e4c447f89455dfa
Fixed
fb03807cd21915ddc3aa2521ba4f5ba14597bd7e
Introduced
c5b5ca50a67a237700f649adccf163f0b9aad0c5
Fixed
4df5ecdf8257f95273d2fd88a7b0536d64a4a019
Fixed
18613925610ba319da7f497b6deed85ad712c59b
Database specific
Show details 
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        },
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            "fixed":  "9.3.0"
        },
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        },
        {
            "fixed":  "10.0.1"
        }
    ],
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}

Affected versions

v10.*
v10.0.0
v8.*
v8.0.0
v8.0.1
v8.0.2
v8.0.3
v8.1.0
v8.1.1
v8.2.0
v8.2.1
v8.2.2
v8.2.3
v8.2.4
v8.2.5
v8.3.0
v8.3.1
v8.3.2
v8.3.3
v8.3.4
v8.4.0
v8.4.1
v8.5.0
v9.*
v9.0.0
v9.0.1
v9.0.2
v9.0.3
v9.0.4
v9.0.5
v9.0.6
v9.1.0
v9.1.1
v9.1.2
v9.2.0
v9.2.1

Database specific

source 
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vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-08-18T11:46:23Z"