CVE-2018-1000006
Remote Code Execution in electron
GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron apps running on Windows 10, 7 or 2008 that register custom protocol handlers can be tricked in arbitrary command execution if the user clicks on a specially crafted URL. This has been fixed in versions 1.8.2-beta.4, 1.7.11, and 1.6.16.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron apps running on Windows 10, 7 or 2008 that register custom protocol handlers can be tricked in arbitrary command execution if the user clicks on a specially crafted URL. This has been fixed in versions 1.8.2-beta.4, 1.7.11, and 1.6.16.
- Record
CVE-2018-1000006- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron apps running on Windows 10, 7 or 2008 that register custom protocol handlers can be tricked in arbitrary command execution if the user clicks on a specially crafted URL. This has been fixed in versions 1.8.2-beta.4, 1.7.11, and 1.6.16.
- Record
CVE-2018-1000006- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-0166 No score
GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron apps running on Windows 10, 7 or 2008 that register custom protocol handlers can be tricked in arbitrary command execution if the user clicks on a specially crafted URL. This has been fixed in versions 1.8.2-beta.4, 1.7.11, and 1.6.16.
- Record
EUVD-2018-0166- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w222-53c6-c86p
Remote Code Execution in electron
Affected versions of electron may be susceptible to a remote code execution flaw when certain conditions are met:
- The electron application is running on Windows.
- The electron application registers as the default handler for a protocol, such as
nodeapp://.
This vulnerability is caused by a failure to sanitize additional arguments to chromium in the command line handler for Electron.
MacOS and Linux are not vulnerable.
Recommendation
Update electron to a version that is not vulnerable. If updating is not possible, the electron team has provided the following guidance:
If for some reason you are unable to upgrade your Electron version, you can append -- as the last argument when calling app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient, which prevents Chromium from parsing further options. The double dash -- signifies the end of command options, after which only positional parameters are accepted.
app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient(protocol, process.execPath, [
'--your-switches-here',
'--'
])
- Record
GHSA-w222-53c6-c86p- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
GitHub Electron versions 1.8.2-beta.3 and earlier, 1.7.10 and earlier, 1.6.15 and earlier has a vulnerability in the protocol handler, specifically Electron apps running on Windows 10, 7 or 2008 that register custom protocol handlers can be tricked in arbitrary command execution if the user clicks on a specially crafted URL. This has been fixed in versions 1.8.2-beta.4, 1.7.11, and 1.6.16.
- Record
CVE-2018-1000006- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-w222-53c6-c86p
Remote Code Execution in electron
Affected versions of electron may be susceptible to a remote code execution flaw when certain conditions are met:
- The electron application is running on Windows.
- The electron application registers as the default handler for a protocol, such as
nodeapp://.
This vulnerability is caused by a failure to sanitize additional arguments to chromium in the command line handler for Electron.
MacOS and Linux are not vulnerable.
Recommendation
Update electron to a version that is not vulnerable. If updating is not possible, the electron team has provided the following guidance:
If for some reason you are unable to upgrade your Electron version, you can append -- as the last argument when calling app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient, which prevents Chromium from parsing further options. The double dash -- signifies the end of command options, after which only positional parameters are accepted.
app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient(protocol, process.execPath, [
'--your-switches-here',
'--'
])
- Record
GHSA-w222-53c6-c86p- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Exodus Wallet (ElectronJS Framework) - Remote Code Execution | 2018-01-25 |
| Exploit-DB | Exodus Wallet (ElectronJS Framework) - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) | 2018-03-29 |
| Metasploit | Exodus Wallet (ElectronJS Framework) remote Code Execution | 2018-01-25 |
| PoC in GitHub | CHYbeta/CVE-2018-1000006-DEMO | 2018-01-25 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-1000006 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Atom Electron, published January 23, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 88.8%, the 99th percentile. Fixed in electron 1.7.11.