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CVE-2026-102673

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Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

Vendor / product: Electronjs — electron

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 41.10.4, 42.5.2, and 43.0.0, popups opened from a sandboxed iframe through Electron's OpenURLFromTab navigation path, including links using target="_blank" or a middle-click, did not receive the inherited HTML sandbox restrictions. An untrusted iframe using the allow-scripts allow-popups configuration could therefore open a popup with the embedding application's full origin, exposing that origin's cookies, storage, and same-origin scripting capabilities. Applications that do not embed untrusted content in sandboxed iframes are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 41.10.4, 42.5.2, and 43.0.0.

CVSS
6.1
6.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-29 17:17
Modified: 2026-10-15 14:01
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

electronjs / electron <39.8.8, ≥40.0.0 <40.9.0, ≥41.0.0 ≤41.2.1, 42.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-hq2x-r82h-9wj4
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/7ea14d5f55ecb11a30447701ddca16b3feee0bba
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/e26b2640e7795c42bfb111b76009cbb4327c9a69
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/ebe1165ee2b05c203c26dd2244ef1c5b9b1c04da
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52133
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v41.10.4

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC · record ↗

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