What is GHSA-vmqv-hx8q-j7mg?

GHSA-vmqv-hx8q-j7mg is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Electron has ASAR Integrity Bypass via resource modification

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-vmqv-hx8q-j7mg cover?

GHSA-vmqv-hx8q-j7mg covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2025-55305. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-vmqv-hx8q-j7mg?

GHSA-vmqv-hx8q-j7mg has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-vmqv-hx8q-j7mg?

GHSA-vmqv-hx8q-j7mg affects 4 products, including: npm/electron:\u003c 35.7.5; npm/electron:\u003e= 36.0.0-alpha.1, \u003c 36.8.1; npm/electron:\u003e= 37.0.0-alpha.1, \u003c 37.3.1; npm/electron:\u003e= 38.0.0-alpha.1, \u003c 38.0.0-beta.6.

GHSA-vmqv-hx8q-j7mgMediumCVSS 6.1

Electron has ASAR Integrity Bypass via resource modification

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 3, 2025

Last Modified

September 5, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-55305 →

📋 Description

Impact

This only impacts apps that have the embeddedAsarIntegrityValidation and onlyLoadAppFromAsar fuses enabled. Apps without these fuses enabled are not impacted.

Specifically this issue can only be exploited if your app is launched from a filesystem the attacker has write access too. i.e. the ability to edit files inside the resources folder in your app installation on Windows which these fuses are supposed to protect against.

Workarounds

There are no app side workarounds, you must update to a patched version of Electron.

Fixed Versions

38.0.0-beta.6
37.3.1
36.8.1
35.7.5

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [email protected]

🎯 Affected products4

npm/electron:< 35.7.5
npm/electron:>= 36.0.0-alpha.1, < 36.8.1
npm/electron:>= 37.0.0-alpha.1, < 37.3.1
npm/electron:>= 38.0.0-alpha.1, < 38.0.0-beta.6