CVE-2026-113796

Impact

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.6, Electron treated pages opened into a new window from links as application-initiated navigations instead of preserving the page containing the link as the initiator. The resulting top-level request could be classified as same-site, causing SameSite=Strict cookies to be sent and Sec-Fetch-Site not to identify the initiating page. An application that loads untrusted content and permits it to open new windows could therefore allow that content to make a credentialed request to another site that relies on SameSite cookies for CSRF protection. This issue is fixed in versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.6.

Affected packages

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• GitHub advisory
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676
• https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113796
• https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53683
• https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53717
• https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53718
• https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53719
• https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53721
• https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/079b9b1594ee62c336adc3aa430d4c1cf62bd51e
• https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/0e6aca0618eeae50a18cfd50548b8688820629ed
• https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/652ef79ac79c6767b31e59b2f28d0d46114645e5
• https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/98940cb274bb6adcb7cdb2da2d4495ac83119670
• https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/a86ae4205ba2ba7ae60a6caa9d5d3a44321f2f9b
• https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.11.3
• https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.0
• https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v44.3.0
• https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v45.0.0-alpha.6