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CVE-2026-34770: Electron: Use-after-free in PowerMonitor on Windows and macOS
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-04-04 · updated 2026-07-24
- Weakness: CWE-416
Description
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that use the powerMonitor module may be vulnerable to a use-after-free. After the native PowerMonitor object is garbage-collected, the associated OS-level resources (a message window on Windows, a shutdown handler on macOS) retain dangling references. A subsequent session-change event (Windows) or system shutdown (macOS) dereferences freed memory, which may lead to a crash or memory corruption. All apps that access powerMonitor events (suspend, resume, lock-screen, etc.) are potentially affected. The issue is not directly renderer-controllable. This issue has been patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8.
Affected products
- electron: before 38.8.6; from 39.0.0 before 39.8.1; from 40.0.0 before 40.8.0; 41.0.0-alpha1, 41.0.0-alpha2, 41.0.0-alpha3, 41.0.0-alpha4, 41.0.0-alpha5, 41.0.0-alpha6 (+7) — fixed in 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: electron 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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