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FKIE_CVE-2026-70601

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-05 16:17 - Updated: 2026-10-08 13:54

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Summary

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.9, 40.9.2, 41.2.2, and 42.0.0-beta.5, apps that expose Promise-returning functions to web content via contextBridge may be vulnerable to a context isolation bypass. Untrusted web content could obtain access to the isolated preload world and, through it, every capability the preload script has. In renderers without a sandbox, or with nodeIntegration enabled, this may escalate to Node.js access. Apps are affected if they expose Promise-returning functions via contextBridge, the standard pattern for wrapping ipcRenderer.invoke, in windows that load untrusted content. This issue is fixed in versions 39.8.9, 40.9.2, 41.2.2, and 42.0.0-beta.5.

References

	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-h7rp-cf8h-j98x	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
electronjs	electron	*
electronjs	electron	*
electronjs	electron	*
electronjs	electron	42.0.0
electronjs	electron	42.0.0
electronjs	electron	42.0.0
electronjs	electron	42.0.0
electronjs	electron	42.0.0
electronjs	electron	42.0.0
electronjs	electron	42.0.0
electronjs	electron	42.0.0
electronjs	electron	42.0.0
electronjs	electron	42.0.0

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CVE-2026-70601 (GCVE-0-2026-70601)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-05 15:45 – Updated: 2026-08-05 17:30

Title

Electron: Context isolation bypass via Function.prototype.bind hijack

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-05 17:29 UTC

CWE

CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7592 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/electron/electron/security/adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
electron	electron	Affected: < 39.8.9 Affected: >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.9.2 Affected: >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.2.2 Affected: >= 42.0.0-alpha.1, < 42.0.0-beta.5

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