{"cve":"CVE-2018-1000006","nvd":{"published":"2018-01-24T23:29:00.497","modified":"2026-06-17T01:32:11.590","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":["CWE-78"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102796","https://electronjs.org/blog/protocol-handler-fix","https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v1.8.2-beta.4","https://medium.com/%40Wflki/exploiting-electron-rce-in-exodus-wallet-d9e6db13c374","https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43899/"],"products":["atom:electron"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:48:34.567387330+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-1000006","score":0.88842,"percentile":0.99776,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-w222-53c6-c86p","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-w222-53c6-c86p","summary":"Remote Code Execution in electron","modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:33.174686Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"electron","purl":"pkg:npm/electron","ranges":[">=1.7.0 <1.7.11"],"fixed":["1.7.11"]},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"electron","purl":"pkg:npm/electron","ranges":[">=1.6.0 <1.6.16"],"fixed":["1.6.16"]},{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"electron","purl":"pkg:npm/electron","ranges":[">=1.8.0 <1.8.2-beta.4"],"fixed":["1.8.2-beta.4"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}