๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-102673

HIGH 8.2

Electron drops inherited HTML sandbox restrictions for popups opened through OpenURLFromTab

CVSS Score
8.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 41.10.4, 42.5.2, and 43.0.0, popups opened from a sandboxed iframe through Electron's OpenURLFromTab navigation path, including links using target="_blank" or a middle-click, did not receive the inherited HTML sandbox restrictions. An untrusted iframe using the allow-scripts allow-popups configuration could therefore open a popup with the embedding application's full origin, exposing that origin's cookies, storage, and same-origin scripting capabilities. Applications that do not embed untrusted content in sandboxed iframes are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 41.10.4, 42.5.2, and 43.0.0.

CWE CWE-346 CWE-693
Vendor electron
Product electron
Published Sep 29, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Affected Versions

electron / electron
< 41.10.4 >= 42.0.0-alpha.1, < 42.5.2 >= 43.0.0-alpha.1, < 43.0.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-hq2x-r82h-9wj4 github.com: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52133 github.com: https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/7ea14d5f55ecb11a30447701ddca16b3feee0bba github.com: https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/e26b2640e7795c42bfb111b76009cbb4327c9a69 github.com: https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/ebe1165ee2b05c203c26dd2244ef1c5b9b1c04da github.com: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v41.10.4 github.com: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.5.2 github.com: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.0.0