New Electron Fuse GrantFileProtocolExtraPrivileges breaks forge/plugin-webpack's (and potentially other plugins') entry points in production builds
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This is more secure than using file:// and aligns us with Electron on the intention to stop making the file:// protocol special and powerful. Fixes #3508
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The correct answer here is to use a custom protocol instead of |
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Pre-flight checklist
Electron Forge version
7.3.0
Electron version
29.0.1
Operating system
macOS Sonoma 14.3.1
Last known working Electron Forge version
N/A
Expected behavior
The Electron security recommendations state that we should serve all local files through custom protocols, and not use the file protocol. After the recent CVE-issue, I saw that Electron has added a new fuse to demote the
file-protocol to a standard one without extra privileges.This means that we should be able to overwrite the string constants that point to the various window entry points to use a custom protocol ourselves. This would mean a bit more boilerplate, but it should be fine. However, I was unable to find a way to provide a custom protocol setting for the Forge config, nor was there any indication in the docs of how to handle this.
Actual behavior
When building an app package with the fuse setting
[FuseV1Options.GrantFileProtocolExtraPrivileges]: false, the window code will not load and the console will print an access error.Enabling that fuse (i.e., granting the file protocol extra privileges) makes the entry points usable again.
Steps to reproduce
Use the webpack template, set the corresponding fuse, and build a full app. Attempt to run it, and observe the error appearing.
Additional information
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