VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-10534

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.94%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2018-05-31

Last modified2026-06-17

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

Description

electron-packager is a command line tool that packages Electron source code into `.app` and `.exe` packages. along with Electron. The `--strict-ssl` command line option in electron-packager >= 5.2.1 <= 6.0.0 || >=6.0.0 <= 6.0.2 defaults to false if not explicitly set to true. This could allow an attacker to perform a man in the middle attack.

Weakness classification

CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation

Primary references

support@hackerone.com — Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
support@hackerone.com — Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mitigation, Third Party Advisory