Critical
Security advisory
zonote through 0.4.0 allows XSS via a crafted note, with resultant Remote Code Execution (because nodeIntegration in webPreferences is true).
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-35717
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:12 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
zonote through 0.4.0 allows XSS via a crafted note, with resultant Remote Code Execution (because nodeIntegration in webPreferences is true).
osv:CVE-2020-35717
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-35717",
"method": "structured",
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"title": "CVE-2020-35717",
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"severity": "critical",
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}
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"affected": [
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"type": "GIT",
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"modified": "2026-10-20T10:53:22.021187237Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://www.electronjs.org/apps/zonote",
"https://github.com/zonetti/zonote",
"https://github.com/hmartos/cve-2020-35717",
"https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/remote-code-execution-through-cross-site-scripting-in-electron-f3b891ad637"
],
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 384281,
"published_at": "2021-01-01T10:15:12.6+00:00"
}