CVE-2026-70601

Electron: Context isolation bypass via Function.prototype.bind hijack

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Aug 5, 2026
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
Reserved
Aug 4, 2026

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Description

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.9, 40.9.2, 41.2.2, and 42.0.0-beta.5, apps that expose Promise-returning functions to web content via contextBridge may be vulnerable to a context isolation bypass. Untrusted web content could obtain access to the isolated preload world and, through it, every capability the preload script has. In renderers without a sandbox, or with nodeIntegration enabled, this may escalate to Node.js access. Apps are affected if they expose Promise-returning functions via contextBridge, the standard pattern for wrapping ipcRenderer.invoke, in windows that load untrusted content. This issue is fixed in versions 39.8.9, 40.9.2, 41.2.2, and 42.0.0-beta.5.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure

Affected Products

ProductVersions
electronelectron
  • < 39.8.9Affected
  • >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.9.2Affected
  • >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.2.2Affected
  • >= 42.0.0-alpha.1, < 42.0.0-beta.5Affected

References

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