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CVE-2020-1889

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-09-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-265

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.

Affected products

• Facebook WhatsApp Desktop: before 0.3.4932 — fixed in 0.3.4932

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Facebook WhatsApp Desktop 0.3.4932. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/
• https://www.whatsapp.com/security/advisories/2020/

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