CVE-2022-21718 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2022-21718

Renderers can obtain access to random bluetooth device without permission in Electron

Vulnerability Description

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. A vulnerability in versions prior to `17.0.0-alpha.6`, `16.0.6`, `15.3.5`, `14.2.4`, and `13.6.6` allows renderers to obtain access to a bluetooth device via the web bluetooth API if the app has not configured a custom `select-bluetooth-device` event handler. This has been patched and Electron versions `17.0.0-alpha.6`, `16.0.6`, `15.3.5`, `14.2.4`, and `13.6.6` contain the fix. Code from the GitHub Security Advisory can be added to the app to work around the issue.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

electron
Vulnerable Versions:
< 13.6.6, >= 14.0.0-beta.1, < 14.2.4, >= 15.0.0-beta.1, < 15.3.5, >= 16.0.0-beta.1, < 16.0.6, >= 17.0.0-alpha.1, <= 17.0.0-alpha.5

Timeline

Official Publish: March 22nd, 2022
Last Modified: April 23rd, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-668

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence