9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2025-29509
Jan Electron RCE
Description

Jan v0.5.14 and before is vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) when the user clicks on a rendered link in the conversation, due to opening external website in the app and the exposure of electronAPI, with a lack of filtering of URL when calling shell.openExternal().

INFO

Published Date :

May 9, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 10, 2025, 3:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-29509 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-29509.

URL Resource
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qDztNtn2merSjYgPRLWFFXqlXM9tcrjD/view?usp=sharing
https://gist.github.com/Suuuuuzy/b8fa2fa083793c460e3686c182f8c4d1

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-29509 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-29509 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    May. 10, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-94
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    May. 09, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Jan v0.5.14 and before is vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) when the user clicks on a rendered link in the conversation, due to opening external website in the app and the exposure of electronAPI, with a lack of filtering of URL when calling shell.openExternal().
    Added Reference https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qDztNtn2merSjYgPRLWFFXqlXM9tcrjD/view?usp=sharing
    Added Reference https://gist.github.com/Suuuuuzy/b8fa2fa083793c460e3686c182f8c4d1
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-29509 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-29509 weaknesses.

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