CVE-2026-113796
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.6, Electron treated pages opened into a new window from links as application-initiated navigations instead of preserving the page containing the link as the initiator. The resulting top-level request could be classified as same-site, causing SameSite=Strict cookies to be sent and Sec-Fetch-Site not to identify the initiating page. An application that loads untrusted content and permits it to open new windows could therefore allow that content to make a credentialed request to another site that relies on SameSite cookies for CSRF protection. This issue is fixed in versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.6.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 12% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-352
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 | npm | electron | >=45.0.0-alpha.1 <45.0.0-alpha.6 | 45.0.0-alpha.6 |
| GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 | npm | electron | >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.3.0 | 44.3.0 |
| GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 | npm | electron | >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.7.0 | 43.7.0 |
| GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 | npm | electron | <42.11.3 | 42.11.3 |
References
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/079b9b1594ee62c336adc3aa430d4c1cf62bd51e
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/0e6aca0618eeae50a18cfd50548b8688820629ed
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/652ef79ac79c6767b31e59b2f28d0d46114645e5
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/98940cb274bb6adcb7cdb2da2d4495ac83119670
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/a86ae4205ba2ba7ae60a6caa9d5d3a44321f2f9b