Medium
Security advisory
Zulip Desktop before 4.0.3 loaded untrusted content in an Electron webview with web security disabled, which can be exploited for XSS in a number of ways. This especially affects Zulip Desktop 2.3.82.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-9443
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:45 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Zulip Desktop before 4.0.3 loaded untrusted content in an Electron webview with web security disabled, which can be exploited for XSS in a number of ways. This especially affects Zulip Desktop 2.3.82.
osv:CVE-2020-9443
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-9443",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "CVE-2020-9443",
"summary": "Zulip Desktop before 4.0.3 loaded untrusted content in an Electron webview with web security disabled, which can be exploited for XSS in a number of ways. This especially affects Zulip Desktop 2.3.82.",
"evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-9443",
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"severity": "medium",
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"aliases": [
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"affected": [
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:43.996050915Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://blog.zulip.org/2020/02/29/zulip-desktop-4-0-3-security-release/"
],
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},
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"security_relevant": true,
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 435768,
"published_at": "2020-03-18T13:15:12.573+00:00"
}