CVE-2017-12581

8.1 HIGH 7% exploit odds No fix listed Injection Browser & mail

What it is

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.

At a glance

Exploitability: Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
Exploit odds: 6.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Fix: No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.

Timeline

2017-08-06 02:29 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2026-06-17 01:03 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
Exploit odds: 6.7% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Severity: 8.1 HIGH (CVSS).
Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.

Details

Published: 2017-08-06 02:29 UTC
Last modified: 2026-06-17 01:03 UTC
Exploit probability: 6.7% · EPSS, next 30 days
Weakness: CWE-78 · OS command injection
Record status: Modified

Affected

Electron ≤ 1.6.7

Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 8.1

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: High
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Raw vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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References

NVD record · CVE.org record