GHSA-9f4c-93c8-jc8g
Electron: Sandboxed iframe can bypass the allow-popups restriction via the OpenURL navigation path
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2026-70608
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
### Impact A sandboxed iframe without the `allow-popups` keyword could still open a new window (or trigger `setWindowOpenHandler`) with no user interaction, because new-window navigations taking the OpenURL path did not apply the iframe sandbox popup restriction. Apps that embed untrusted content in sandboxed iframes and rely on the absence of `allow-popups` to prevent window creation are affected. Apps that deny window creation in `setWindowOpenHandler`, or that do not embed untrusted content in sandboxed iframes, are not affected. ### Workarounds Return `{ action: 'deny' }` from `setWindowOpenHandler` for any content you do not trust, rather than relying on the iframe sandbox alone. ### Fixed Versions * `42.0.1` * `41.10.3` * `39.8.10` ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Electron at [security@electronjs.org](mailto:security@electronjs.org)
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| npm · electron | introduced 42.0.0-alpha.1, fixed 42.0.1 |
| npm · electron | introduced 40.0.0-alpha.1, fixed 41.10.3 |
| npm · electron | introduced 0, fixed 39.8.10 |
References
- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-9f4c-93c8-jc8g WEB
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51437 WEB
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51438 WEB
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51439 WEB
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/3ff23c52ab364a0afc6ab5bd7851291d3159de57 WEB
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/57cbe329c4ae8aab5ac5ebdcb588adc9a11de0d3 WEB
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/68cf8b7d9122260f6b534a69a82c701a56cf159f WEB
- https://github.com/electron/electron PACKAGE
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v39.8.10 WEB
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v41.10.3 WEB
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.0.1 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |