Electron: Permission Check Handler Receives Main Frame Origin Instead of Requesting Iframe Origin (electron electron)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.19 % · percentile 9 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, and 42.0.0-beta.1, serial-port and media permission checks made from an iframe passed the top-level frame origin to session.setPermissionCheckHandler instead of the requesting iframe origin. Origin-based handler logic could grant a cross-origin iframe device access intended only for the top-level origin. This issue is fixed in 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, and 42.0.0-beta.1.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-346 — Origin Validation Error
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-9pf5-hg6p-4pwp — Electron: Permission Check Handler Receives Main Frame Origin Instead of Requesting Iframe Origin
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-53428
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-70599
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*< 39.8.7cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*≥ 40.0.0 < 40.9.0cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*≥ 41.0.0 < 41.2.1cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:42.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:42.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:node.js:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:42.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:node.js:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:42.0.0:alpha4:*:*:*:node.js:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:42.0.0:alpha5:*:*:*:node.js:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:42.0.0:alpha6:*:*:*:node.js:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:42.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:node.js:*:*cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:42.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| electron · electron | affected < 39.8.7 ; affected >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.9.0 ; affected >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.2.0 ; affected >= 42.0.0-alpha.1, < 42.0.0-beta.1 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |