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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-34771 EUVD-2026-18941GHSA-8337-3p73-46f4

Electron: Use-after-free in WebContents fullscreen, pointer-lock, and keyboard-lock permission callbacks

Published Apr 3, 2026 · Updated Jul 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
electron electron < 38.8.6, >= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.0, >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.7.0, >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0-beta.8 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm electron < 38.8.6 38.8.6 GHSA-8337-3p73-46f4
npm electron >= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.0 39.8.0 GHSA-8337-3p73-46f4
npm electron >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.7.0 40.7.0 GHSA-8337-3p73-46f4
npm electron >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0-beta.8 41.0.0-beta.8 GHSA-8337-3p73-46f4

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