CVE-2026-102677
Electron: Sandboxed preload code cache can be poisoned by a compromised renderer
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Sep 29, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 2, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 29, 2026
Description
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. From 42.3.3 until 42.10.0, 43.5.0, and 44.0.0-beta.6, Electron's sandboxed preload code cache did not verify that a cached entry matched the preload it was served for. A compromised renderer could write attacker-controlled cache data and cause Electron to reuse it for a later load, executing the renderer's code in the more privileged preload context. The issue affects applications that load untrusted content. This issue is fixed in versions 42.10.0, 43.5.0, and 44.0.0-beta.6.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
electronelectron |
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References
- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-qmv3-fv6v-rmhq
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52480
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/000453e399bd1dee5e86376cdd9ece5fc071e601
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/25ba8be57c65a83d8c14ebb8aa37693df17a04f3
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/c38d6fd68756f04647ea857bdb6a2abec332e217
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.10.0
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.5.0
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v44.0.0-beta.6
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