CVE-2020-1889

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-2020-1889 · Published 03/09/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-1889 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting whatsapp desktop (whatsapp).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.8%, higher than 91.9% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 0.3.4932 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
whatsapp desktop whatsapp	`< 0.3.4932`	`0.3.4932`

Description

A security feature bypass issue in WhatsApp Desktop versions prior to v0.3.4932 could have allowed for sandbox escape in Electron and escalation of privilege if combined with a remote code execution vulnerability inside the sandboxed renderer process.

References

whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020 · Vendor Advisory

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