CVE-2026-34780

Electron: Context Isolation bypass via contextBridge VideoFrame transfer

State
Published
Severity
8.4 High
Published
Apr 4, 2026
Updated
Jul 15, 2026
Reserved
Mar 30, 2026

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Description

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. From versions 39.0.0-alpha.1 to before 39.8.0, 40.0.0-alpha.1 to before 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-alpha.1 to before 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that pass VideoFrame objects (from the WebCodecs API) across the contextBridge are vulnerable to a context isolation bypass. An attacker who can execute JavaScript in the main world (for example, via XSS) can use a bridged VideoFrame to gain access to the isolated world, including any Node.js APIs exposed to the preload script. Apps are only affected if a preload script returns, resolves, or passes a VideoFrame object to the main world via contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld(). Apps that do not bridge VideoFrame objects are not affected. This issue has been patched in versions 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HGitHub_M
3.18.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hredhat-SADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
  • CWE-1188 Insecure Default Initialization of Resource
  • CWE-501 Trust Boundary Violation

Affected Products

ProductVersions
electronelectron
  • >= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.0Affected
  • >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.7.0Affected
  • >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0-beta.8Affected

References

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