CVE 7.5 HIGH

Electron: Use-after-free in WebContents fullscreen, pointer-lock, and keyboard-lock permission callbacks_CVE-2026-34771

7.5 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that register an asynchronous session.setPermissionRequestHandler() may be vulnerable to a use-after-free when handling fullscreen, pointer-lock, or keyboard-lock permission requests. If the requesting frame navigates or the window closes while the permission handler is pending, invoking the stored callback dereferences freed memory, which may lead to a crash or memory corruption. Apps that do not set a permission request handler, or whose handler responds synchronously, are not affected. This issue has been patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-34771
Source GitHub_M
Published Apr 3, 2026 at 23:47
Modified Apr 8, 2026 at 03:55

Affected Product

Vendor electron
Product electron
Version < 38.8.6
Affected Versions electron electron < 38.8.6
electron electron >= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.0
electron electron >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.7.0
electron electron >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0-beta.8

CWE Classification

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