Is electron 34.0 vulnerable?
npm · 3 releases from 34.0.0 to 34.0.2 · latest electron is 45.2.2 · checked 3 Nov 2026
Yes: 46 known advisories
Yes. electron 34.0.2, the last 34.0 release, is affected by 46 known security advisories (12 high, 25 medium, 9 low), including CVE-2026-115570, CVE-2026-102673, CVE-2026-102674. Upgrade to 42.11.16 or later to fix all of them.
npm install electron@42.11.16Advisories affecting electron 34.0.2
Electron: Mitigation for compromised eMudhra intermediate certificates
- Affected
- >=45.0.0-alpha.1 <45.0.0-beta.6 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.9.1 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.8.1 · <42.11.16
- Fixed in
- 42.11.16, 43.8.1, 44.9.1, 45.0.0-beta.6
Electron: SameSite cookie restrictions are not applied to windows opened from links
- Affected
- >=45.0.0-alpha.1 <45.0.0-alpha.6 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.3.0 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.7.0 · <42.11.3
- Fixed in
- 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, 45.0.0-alpha.6
Electron: Pointer lock permission requests can be attributed to the wrong frame
- Affected
- >=45.0.0-alpha.1 <45.0.0-alpha.13 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.5.0 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.7.6 · <42.11.9
- Fixed in
- 42.11.9, 43.7.6, 44.5.0, 45.0.0-alpha.13
Electron: Extension tabs.query returns tab URLs and titles without the tabs permission
- Affected
- >=45.0.0-alpha.1 <45.0.0-alpha.4 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.1.1 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.5.1 · <42.11.1
- Fixed in
- 42.11.1, 43.5.1, 44.1.1, 45.0.0-alpha.4
Electron: Frame subscription trusts GPU-supplied frame geometry
- Affected
- <42.11.6 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.7.3 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.4.3 · >=45.0.0-alpha.1 <45.0.0-alpha.9
- Fixed in
- 42.11.6, 43.7.3, 44.4.3, 45.0.0-alpha.9
Electron: Off-screen rendering on macOS trusts GPU-supplied frame geometry
- Affected
- <42.11.6 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.7.3 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.4.3 · >=45.0.0-alpha.1 <45.0.0-alpha.9
- Fixed in
- 42.11.6, 43.7.3, 44.4.3, 45.0.0-alpha.9
Electron: openExternal permission requests can be attributed to the wrong origin
- Affected
- <42.11.3 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.7.0 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.3.0 · >=45.0.0-alpha.1 <45.0.0-alpha.5
- Fixed in
- 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, 45.0.0-alpha.5
Electron: HID and USB permission checks can be attributed to the wrong origin
- Affected
- >=45.0.0-alpha.1 <45.0.0-alpha.5 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.3.0 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.7.0 · <42.11.3
- Fixed in
- 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, 45.0.0-alpha.5
Electron: Local race condition in Squirrel.Mac update installation on macOS
- Affected
- <39.8.10 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <41.10.5 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-beta.2
- Fixed in
- 39.8.10, 41.10.5, 42.0.0-beta.2
Electron drops inherited HTML sandbox restrictions for popups opened through OpenURLFromTab
- Affected
- <41.10.4 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.5.2 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.0.0
- Fixed in
- 41.10.4, 42.5.2, 43.0.0
Electron: Windows opened from a sandboxed top-level document do not inherit its sandbox restrictions
- Affected
- <41.10.6 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.9.2 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.4.1 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.0.0-beta.5
- Fixed in
- 41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, 44.0.0-beta.5
Electron: File and HTTP protocol handlers allow cross-origin reads without corsEnabled
- Affected
- <41.10.6 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.9.2 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.4.1 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.0.0-beta.5
- Fixed in
- 41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, 44.0.0-beta.5
Electron: <webview> can enable Node.js integration in Web Workers despite embedder restrictions
- Affected
- <41.10.6 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.9.2 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.4.1 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.0.0-beta.5
- Fixed in
- 41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, 44.0.0-beta.5
Electron: Sandboxed iframes can launch external protocol handlers
- Affected
- <39.8.8 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.9.0 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.2.1 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-beta.3
- Fixed in
- 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, 42.0.0-beta.3
Electron: DevTools embedder handler executes arbitrary files via shell open
- Affected
- <39.8.9 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.9.2 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.2.1 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-beta.3
- Fixed in
- 39.8.9, 40.9.2, 41.2.1, 42.0.0-beta.3
Electron: contextBridge object copy honors prototype setters
- Affected
- <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
- Fixed in
- 39.8.9, 40.9.2, 41.2.2, 42.0.0-beta.4
Electron: DevTools JavaScript Injection via Unsanitized Dock State Parameter
- Affected
- <39.8.7 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.9.0 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.2.0 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-beta.1
- Fixed in
- 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, 42.0.0-beta.1
Electron: Sandboxed iframe can bypass the allow-popups restriction via the OpenURL navigation path
- Affected
- >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.1 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <41.10.3 · <39.8.10
- Fixed in
- 39.8.10, 41.10.3, 42.0.1
Electron: window.open features string controls some window options considered privileged
- Affected
- <39.8.8 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.9.0 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.2.1 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-beta.3
- Fixed in
- 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, 42.0.0-beta.3
Electron: HTTP redirect followed into local file loader
- Affected
- <39.8.8 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.9.1 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.2.1 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-beta.3
- Fixed in
- 39.8.8, 40.9.1, 41.2.1, 42.0.0-beta.3
Electron: Custom protocol with supportFetchAPI but not corsEnabled allows cross-origin reads
- Affected
- >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.4.0 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.9.3 · <39.8.10
- Fixed in
- 39.8.10, 40.9.3, 41.4.0, 42.0.0
Electron: Extension tab APIs operate across session boundaries
- Affected
- <39.8.8 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.9.0 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.2.1 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-beta.3
- Fixed in
- 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, 42.0.0-beta.3
Electron: shell.openPath path validation bypass via embedded null byte
- Affected
- >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-beta.1 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.1.1 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.9.0 · <39.8.6
- Fixed in
- 39.8.6, 40.9.0, 41.1.1, 42.0.0-beta.1
Electron: Context isolation bypass via Function.prototype.bind hijack
- Affected
- <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.5
- Fixed in
- 39.8.9, 40.9.2, 41.2.2, 42.0.0-beta.5
Electron: Cross-origin iframe can position native autofill popup
- Affected
- <39.8.8 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.9.1 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.2.1 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-beta.3
- Fixed in
- 39.8.8, 40.9.1, 41.2.1, 42.0.0-beta.3
Electron: Permission Check Handler Receives Main Frame Origin Instead of Requesting Iframe Origin
- Affected
- <39.8.7 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.9.0 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.2.0 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-beta.1
- Fixed in
- 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, 42.0.0-beta.1
Electron: Off-screen rendering trusts GPU-supplied geometry over shared-memory size
- Affected
- <39.8.10 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.9.0 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.2.1 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-beta.3
- Fixed in
- 39.8.10, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, 42.0.0-beta.3
Electron: Parent process code-sign check is spoofable
- Affected
- <39.8.8 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.9.1 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.2.1 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-beta.3
- Fixed in
- 39.8.8, 40.9.1, 41.2.1, 42.0.0-beta.3
Electron: Crash in clipboard.readImage() on malformed clipboard image data
- Affected
- <39.8.5 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.8.5 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.1.0 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-alpha.5
- Fixed in
- 39.8.5, 40.8.5, 41.1.0, 42.0.0-alpha.5
Electron: Named window.open targets not scoped to the opener's browsing context
- Affected
- <39.8.5 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.8.5 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.1.0 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-alpha.5
- Fixed in
- 39.8.5, 40.8.5, 41.1.0, 42.0.0-alpha.5
Electron: Use-after-free in offscreen shared texture release() callback
- Affected
- >=33.0.0-alpha.1 <39.8.5 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.8.5 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.1.0 · >=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-alpha.5
- Fixed in
- 39.8.5, 40.8.5, 41.1.0, 42.0.0-alpha.5
Electron: AppleScript injection in app.moveToApplicationsFolder on macOS
- Affected
- <38.8.6 · >=39.0.0-alpha.1 <39.8.1 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.8.0 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.0.0-beta.8
- Fixed in
- 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, 41.0.0-beta.8
Electron: Service worker can spoof executeJavaScript IPC replies
- Affected
- <38.8.6 · >=39.0.0-alpha.1 <39.8.1 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.8.1 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.0.0
- Fixed in
- 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.1, 41.0.0
Electron: Incorrect origin passed to permission request handler for iframe requests
- Affected
- <38.8.6 · >=39.0.0-alpha.1 <39.8.1 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.8.1 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.0.0
- Fixed in
- 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.1, 41.0.0
Electron: Out-of-bounds read in second-instance IPC on macOS and Linux
- Affected
- <38.8.6 · >=39.0.0-alpha.1 <39.8.1 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.8.1 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.0.0
- Fixed in
- 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.1, 41.0.0
Electron: nodeIntegrationInWorker not correctly scoped in shared renderer processes
- Affected
- <38.8.6 · >=39.0.0-alpha.1 <39.8.4 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.8.4 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.0.0
- Fixed in
- 38.8.6, 39.8.4, 40.8.4, 41.0.0
Electron: Use-after-free in offscreen child window paint callback
- Affected
- <39.8.1 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.7.0 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.0.0
- Fixed in
- 39.8.1, 40.7.0, 41.0.0
Electron: Registry key path injection in app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient on Windows
- Affected
- <38.8.6 · >=39.0.0-alpha.1 <39.8.1 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.8.1 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.0.0
- Fixed in
- 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.1, 41.0.0
Electron: Use-after-free in download save dialog callback
- Affected
- <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.7
- Fixed in
- 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, 41.0.0-beta.7
Electron: Use-after-free in WebContents fullscreen, pointer-lock, and keyboard-lock permission callbacks
- Affected
- <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
- Fixed in
- 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, 41.0.0-beta.8
Electron: Use-after-free in PowerMonitor on Windows and macOS
- Affected
- <38.8.6 · >=39.0.0-alpha.1 <39.8.1 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.8.0 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.0.0-beta.8
- Fixed in
- 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, 41.0.0-beta.8
Electron: Renderer command-line switch injection via undocumented commandLineSwitches webPreference
- Affected
- <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
- Fixed in
- 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, 41.0.0-beta.8
Electron: Unquoted executable path in app.setLoginItemSettings on Windows
- Affected
- <38.8.6 · >=39.0.0-alpha.1 <39.8.1 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.8.0 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.0.0-beta.8
- Fixed in
- 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, 41.0.0-beta.8
Electron: HTTP Response Header Injection in custom protocol handlers and webRequest
- Affected
- <38.8.6 · >=39.0.0-alpha.1 <39.8.3 · >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.8.3 · >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.0.3
- Fixed in
- 38.8.6, 39.8.3, 40.8.3, 41.0.3
Electron: USB device selection not validated against filtered device list
- Affected
- <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
- Fixed in
- 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, 41.0.0-beta.8
Electron has ASAR Integrity Bypass via resource modification
- Affected
- <35.7.5 · >=36.0.0-alpha.1 <36.8.1 · >=37.0.0-alpha.1 <37.3.1 · >=38.0.0-alpha.1 <38.0.0-beta.6
- Fixed in
- 35.7.5, 36.8.1, 37.3.1, 38.0.0-beta.6
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