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CVE-2026-34777: Electron: Incorrect origin passed to permission request handler for iframe requests
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.1% 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-346
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, 40.8.1, and 41.0.0, when an iframe requests fullscreen, pointerLock, keyboardLock, openExternal, or media permissions, the origin passed to session.setPermissionRequestHandler() was the top-level page's origin rather than the requesting iframe's origin. Apps that grant permissions based on the origin parameter or webContents.getURL() may inadvertently grant permissions to embedded third-party content. The correct requesting URL remains available via details.requestingUrl. Apps that already check details.requestingUrl are not affected. This issue has been patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.1, and 41.0.0.
Affected products
- electron: before 38.8.6; from 39.0.0 before 39.8.1; from 40.0.0 before 40.8.1; 41.0.0-alpha1, 41.0.0-alpha2, 41.0.0-alpha3, 41.0.0-alpha4, 41.0.0-alpha5, 41.0.0-alpha6 (+8) — fixed in 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: electron 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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