{"id":"GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57","summary":"@electron/packager's build process memory potentially leaked into final executable","details":"### Impact\nA random segment of ~1-10kb of Node.js heap memory allocated either side of a known buffer will be leaked into the final executable. This memory _could_ contain sensitive information such as environment variables, secrets files, etc.\n\n### Patches\nThis issue is patched in 18.3.1\n\n### Workarounds\nNo workarounds, please update to a patched version of `@electron/packager` immediately if impacated.\n","aliases":["CVE-2024-29900"],"modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:09.985581070Z","published":"2024-03-29T20:16:22Z","database_specific":{"severity":"HIGH","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2024-03-29T20:16:22Z","nvd_published_at":"2024-03-29T16:15:08Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-402"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/electron/packager/security/advisories/GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29900"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/electron/packager/commit/d421d4bd3ced889a4143c5c3ab6d95e3be249eee"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/electron/packager"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"@electron/packager","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/%40electron/packager"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"18.3.0"},{"fixed":"18.3.1"}]}],"versions":["18.3.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/03/GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57/GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}