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high 7.8

CVE-2026-34769 json

Electron: Renderer command-line switch injection via undocumented commandLineSwitches webPreference

published 7mo ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2026-18937 , GHSA-9wfr-w7mm-pc7f

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, an undocumented commandLineSwitches webPreference allowed arbitrary switches to be appended to the renderer process command line. Apps that construct webPreferences by spreading untrusted configuration objects may inadvertently allow an attacker to inject switches that disable renderer sandboxing or web security controls. Apps are only affected if they construct webPreferences from external or untrusted input without an allowlist. Apps that use a fixed, hardcoded webPreferences object are not affected. This issue has been patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8.

Patch / fix

  • npm electron 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, 41.0.0-beta.8
  • atom electron 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, 41.0.0-beta.8
  • electronjs electron 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, 41.0.0-beta.8

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-34769 updated cvss 7.7

Electron: Electron: Arbitrary code execution and security bypass via undocumented command-line switches

  • Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop podman-desktop-macos-1-0, podman-desktop-windows-1-0 Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop - Tech Preview rhdesktop/rh-podman-desktop-ext-openshift-local-rhel10
    affected: workaround, no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
7mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADP 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm electron
<38.8.6
>=39.0.0-alpha.1, <39.8.0
>=40.0.0-alpha.1, <40.7.0
>=41.0.0-alpha.1, <41.0.0-beta.8
38.8.6
39.8.0
40.7.0
41.0.0-beta.8

Affected products

  • electron electron
  • Red Hat Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop
  • Red Hat Red Hat Build of Podman Desktop - Tech Preview

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command
  • CWE-912 Hidden Functionality

References

Sources

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