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high 7.2

CVE-2026-70608 json

Electron: Sandboxed iframe can bypass the allow-popups restriction via the OpenURL navigation path

published 3mo ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-53564 , GHSA-9f4c-93c8-jc8g

cvss
7.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.10, 41.10.3, and 42.0.1, a sandboxed iframe without the allow-popups keyword could still open a new window or trigger setWindowOpenHandler with no user interaction because new-window navigations taking the OpenURL path did not apply the iframe sandbox popup restriction. Apps that embed untrusted content in sandboxed iframes and rely on the absence of allow-popups to prevent window creation are affected, while apps that deny window creation in setWindowOpenHandler or do not embed untrusted content in sandboxed iframes are not affected. This issue is fixed in 39.8.10, 41.10.3, and 42.0.1.

Patch / fix

  • npm electron 39.8.10, 41.10.3, 42.0.1
  • atom electron 39.8.10, 41.10.3, 42.0.1
  • electronjs electron 39.8.10, 41.10.3, 42.0.1

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
3mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm electron
>=42.0.0-alpha.1, <42.0.1
>=40.0.0-alpha.1, <41.10.3
<39.8.10
42.0.1
41.10.3
39.8.10

Affected products

  • electron electron

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure
  • CWE-1021 Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

The maintainers of electron/electron published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.