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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.9 Medium

CVE-2026-70599

Electron: Permission Check Handler Receives Main Frame Origin Instead of Requesting Iframe Origin

Description

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, and 42.0.0-beta.1, serial-port and media permission checks made from an iframe passed the top-level frame origin to session.setPermissionCheckHandler instead of the requesting iframe origin. Origin-based handler logic could grant a cross-origin iframe device access intended only for the top-level origin. This issue is fixed in 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, and 42.0.0-beta.1.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

electron electron

  • < 39.8.7affected
  • >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.9.0affected
  • >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.2.0affected
  • >= 42.0.0-alpha.1, < 42.0.0-beta.1affected

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