MediumCVE-2026-70612

Electron: Sandboxed iframes can launch external protocol handlers (CVE-2026-70612)

Published 05.08.2026Last modified 08.10.2026Sources: CVE.org, OSV

What is affected, what to do

Update Electron to version 39.8.8.

Affected: Electron gte 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.9.0..*
Electron lt *..39.8.8
Fixed in: Electron 39.8.8

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Metrics

5.4

Priority

XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

Source: NVD, CVSS v3

5.4

CVSS v3

Severity Medium on the scale from 0 to 10.

Source: CVE.org, OSV

0.4 %

EPSS score

Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.

Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 37.3

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Severity: Medium
Priority (0–325) The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first? Read in glossary: 59.98 Methodology
Exploit maturity An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack. Read in glossary: no public PoC known
XIEM Effective CVSS XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command. Read in glossary: 5.4 Methodology
CVSS v3 CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions. Read in glossary: 5.4
EPSS score The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“. Read in glossary: 0.4 %; Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
EPSS percentile The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking. Read in glossary: 37.3; High — this CVE ranks above the median of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 36%).
KEV status The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching. Read in glossary: —
Published: 05.08.2026
CISA assessment (SSVC): Exploitation: none known · not automatable · Technical impact: partial; Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 5 August 2026
CWE CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect. Read in glossary: CWE-284

Detection rules

No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

Classification under NIS2 and CRA

Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

NIS2 NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management. Read in glossary: Handle the vulnerability in regular vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2.
CRA The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates. Read in glossary: From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security. Read in glossary: Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

Description

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3, requests to open external protocol URLs from web content did not take iframe sandbox restrictions into account, so a sandboxed iframe could cause an OS-registered external application to be launched. The frame sandbox state was also not made available to the app permission handlers, affecting apps that render untrusted content in sandboxed iframes and grant the openExternal permission by default when no setPermissionRequestHandler is installed. This issue is fixed in 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3.

Source: cvelistv5, NVD (NIST), OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affected products

The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

Affected products
		Affected versions	Fixed in
electron	electron	`< 39.8.8` `≥ 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.9.0`	`39.8.8` —
electronjs	electron	`42.0.0` `41.0.0 – ≤ 41.2.1` `40.0.0 – < 40.9.0` `< 39.8.8`	— — `40.9.0` `39.8.8`

Vendors and products

Weakness classes (CWE)

CWE-284Improper Access Control
Pillar
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
Entry at MITRE CWE-284

References & sources

github.comelectron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-p2rr-rvmm-c5fpweb, x_refsource_CONFIRM
github.comelectron/electron/pull/50961web, x_refsource_MISC
github.comelectron/electron/pull/50962web, x_refsource_MISC
github.comelectron/electron/pull/50963web, x_refsource_MISC
github.comelectron/electron/pull/50964web, x_refsource_MISC
github.comelectron/electron/commit/08b9d0a220e267d1a2402a44bdd01a2e9aa320…web, x_refsource_MISC
github.comelectron/electron/commit/2764e4c35168855f614876051823db4f58a371…web, x_refsource_MISC
github.comelectron/electron/commit/477dcf7afc6550715f9ec5e6f39ee38e5dd7bf…web, x_refsource_MISC
github.comelectron/electron/commit/c39e3d5687d57434c8d5fe814c5152efd2f631…web, x_refsource_MISC
github.comelectron/electronpackage
github.comelectron/electron/releases/tag/v39.8.8web, x_refsource_MISC
github.comelectron/electron/releases/tag/v40.9.0web, x_refsource_MISC
github.comelectron/electron/releases/tag/v41.2.1web, x_refsource_MISC
github.comelectron/electron/releases/tag/v42.0.0-beta.3web, x_refsource_MISC

Changes to this CVE

Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).

08.10.2026Initial analysis by NVDNVD

Newly listed as affected:

HackerOne electron node module (before 39.8.8; 40.0.0 – before 40.9.0; 41.0.0 – through 41.2.1; 8 individual versions)

New references:

and 8 more references

Show 14 original changes

Individual changes of this event as published by NVD
Type	Action	Before	After
Product configuration	added	—	OR cpe: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::::::node.js:: versions up to (excluding) 39.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron::::::node.js:: versions from (including) 40.0.0 up to (excluding) 40.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron::::::node.js:: versions from (including) 41.0.0 up to (including) 41.2.1 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::
Reference type	added	—	GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/08b9d0a220e267d1a2402a44bdd01a2e9aa320b5 Types: Patch
Reference type	added	—	GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/2764e4c35168855f614876051823db4f58a3714a Types: Patch
Reference type	added	—	GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/477dcf7afc6550715f9ec5e6f39ee38e5dd7bf39 Types: Patch
Reference type	added	—	GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/c39e3d5687d57434c8d5fe814c5152efd2f631c3 Types: Patch
Reference type	added	—	GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50961 Types: Issue Tracking, Patch
Reference type	added	—	GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50962 Types: Issue Tracking, Patch
Reference type	added	—	GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50963 Types: Issue Tracking, Patch
Reference type	added	—	GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50964 Types: Issue Tracking, Patch
Reference type	added	—	GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v39.8.8 Types: Release Notes
Reference type	added	—	GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v40.9.0 Types: Release Notes
Reference type	added	—	GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v41.2.1 Types: Release Notes
Reference type	added	—	GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.0.0-beta.3 Types: Release Notes
Reference type	added	—	GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-p2rr-rvmm-c5fp Types: Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

Source identifier: nvd@nist.gov

05.08.2026Record modifiedCISA ADP

CISA assessment (SSVC): exploitation: none known, automatable: no

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Individual changes of this event as published by NVD
Type	Action	Before	After
SSVC assessment	added	—	{"id":"CVE-2026-70612","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalImpact":"partial"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2026-08-05T19:03:22.677858Z"}

Source identifier: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

05.08.2026ReceivedGitHub

CVSS V3.1: AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness type: CWE-284

Description added or changed

New references:

and 8 more references

Show 17 original changes

Individual changes of this event as published by NVD
Type	Action	Before	After
Affected versions (publisher)	added	—	electron
Description	added	—	Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3, requests to open external protocol URLs from web content did not take iframe sandbox restrictions into account, so a sandboxed iframe could cause an OS-registered external application to be launched. The frame sandbox state was also not made available to the app permission handlers, affecting apps that render untrusted content in sandboxed iframes and grant the openExternal permission by default when no setPermissionRequestHandler is installed. This issue is fixed in 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3.
CVSS	added	—	AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)	added	—	CWE-284
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/08b9d0a220e267d1a2402a44bdd01a2e9aa320b5
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/2764e4c35168855f614876051823db4f58a3714a
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/477dcf7afc6550715f9ec5e6f39ee38e5dd7bf39
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/c39e3d5687d57434c8d5fe814c5152efd2f631c3
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50961
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50962
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50963
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50964
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v39.8.8
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v40.9.0
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v41.2.1
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.0.0-beta.3
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-p2rr-rvmm-c5fp

Source identifier: security-advisories@github.com

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