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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2026-70610 EUVD-2026-53543GHSA-ff2p-hmqr-hxm4

Electron: contextBridge object copy honors prototype setters

Published Aug 5, 2026 · Updated Aug 6, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.4, objects copied across the contextBridge boundary from untrusted content could carry an attacker-influenced prototype, enabling prototype-pollution-style attacks against preload code despite context isolation being enabled. Apps are only affected if their preload code accepts object arguments from untrusted content and reads properties from them without own-property checks, while apps that only accept primitive arguments or validate object arguments are not affected. This issue is fixed in 39.8.9, 40.9.2, 41.2.2, and 42.0.0-beta.4.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
electron electron < 39.8.9, >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.9.2, >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.2.2, >= 42.0.0-alpha.1, < 42.0.0-beta.4 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm electron < 39.8.9 39.8.9 GHSA-ff2p-hmqr-hxm4
npm electron >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.9.2 40.9.2 GHSA-ff2p-hmqr-hxm4
npm electron >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.2.2 41.2.2 GHSA-ff2p-hmqr-hxm4
npm electron >= 42.0.0-alpha.1, < 42.0.0-beta.4 42.0.0-beta.4 GHSA-ff2p-hmqr-hxm4

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