PT-2026-30918 · Npm · Electron

Published

2026-04-07

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Updated

2026-04-07

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CVE-2026-34765

CVSS v3.1

6.0

Medium

AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Impact

When a renderer calls window.open() with a target name, Electron did not correctly scope the named-window lookup to the opener's browsing context group. A renderer could navigate an existing child window that was opened by a different, unrelated renderer if both used the same target name. If that existing child was created with more permissive webPreferences (via setWindowOpenHandler's overrideBrowserWindowOptions), content loaded by the second renderer inherits those permissions.
Apps are only affected if they open multiple top-level windows with differing trust levels and use setWindowOpenHandler to grant child windows elevated webPreferences such as a privileged preload script. Apps that do not elevate child window privileges, or that use a single top-level window, are not affected.
Apps that additionally grant nodeIntegration: true or sandbox: false to child windows (contrary to the security recommendations) may be exposed to arbitrary code execution.

Workarounds

Deny window.open() in renderers that load untrusted content by returning { action: 'deny' } from setWindowOpenHandler. Avoid granting child windows more permissive webPreferences than their opener.

Fixed Versions

  • 42.0.0-alpha.5
  • 41.1.0
  • 40.8.5
  • 39.8.5

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@electronjs.org

Fix

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-668

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-34765
GHSA-F3PV-WV63-48X8

Affected Products

Electron