Electron: DevTools JavaScript Injection via Unsanitized Dock State Parameter (electron electron)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.53 % · percentile 45 ()
- 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, the mode option of webContents.openDevTools() was not sanitized before use by the DevTools frontend. If an attacker can influence this value, script under their control may run in the DevTools context, which in unsandboxed configurations has access to Node.js, including when untrusted input reaches the mode argument of openDevTools() or untrusted content calls openDevTools() on a webview it embeds. This issue is fixed in 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, and 42.0.0-beta.1.
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-4f78-qhmw-8j8m
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50665
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50666
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50667
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50668
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/04614eed17986bddc43eb509ec870424ee6a47d1
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/2046ae87731d80a7b535512ae19acb529e10e33b
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/969741f9f847c5c583f6bbc63ca22549dbd954ce
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/efc4d3c6b6f1c04f658ca0d9d2512dcfe78eb7ba
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v39.8.7
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v40.9.0
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v41.2.0
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.0.0-beta.1
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-4f78-qhmw-8j8m — Electron: DevTools JavaScript Injection via Unsanitized Dock State Parameter
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-53566
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-70609
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 < 41.2.0cpe: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:*:*
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 |