Is electron 43.1 vulnerable?

npm · 2 releases from 43.1.0 to 43.1.1 · latest electron is 45.2.1 · checked 1 Nov 2026

Yes: 12 known advisories

Yes. electron 43.1.1, the last 43.1 release, is affected by 12 known security advisories (5 high, 4 medium, 3 low), including CVE-2026-115570, CVE-2026-102674, CVE-2026-102675. Upgrade to 43.8.1 or later to fix all of them.

Upgrade with:npm install electron@43.8.1

Is your project affected?

Private repo? Upload its lockfile instead, or connect GitHub to check every repo.

Advisories affecting electron 43.1.1

  • HighCVE-2026-115570GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p923 Oct 2026

    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
  • MediumCVE-2026-113796GHSA-2p8c-gr87-267622 Oct 2026

    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
  • MediumCVE-2026-113798GHSA-x562-297c-g43g22 Oct 2026

    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
  • LowCVE-2026-113797GHSA-98mx-cjp9-gchm22 Oct 2026

    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
  • LowCVE-2026-114122GHSA-3qxv-5xgr-q7w922 Oct 2026

    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
  • LowCVE-2026-114124GHSA-h3v5-h239-pg2922 Oct 2026

    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
  • MediumCVE-2026-114121GHSA-997q-gvvc-jwmx22 Oct 2026

    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
  • MediumCVE-2026-113800GHSA-fw47-9c62-h3vw21 Oct 2026

    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
  • HighCVE-2026-102674GHSA-gr2m-v5gq-v68529 Sept 2026

    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
  • HighCVE-2026-102675GHSA-j84w-jfhq-vhvj29 Sept 2026

    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
  • HighCVE-2026-102676GHSA-9qh4-3jw8-366w29 Sept 2026

    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
  • HighCVE-2026-102677GHSA-qmv3-fv6v-rmhq29 Sept 2026

    Electron: Sandboxed preload code cache can be poisoned by a compromised renderer

    Affected
    >=42.3.3 <42.10.0 · >=43.0.0-beta.1 <43.5.0 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.0.0-beta.6
    Fixed in
    42.10.0, 43.5.0, 44.0.0-beta.6

Which of your client projects are still on electron 43.1?

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Other electron versions

Advisory data from OSV.dev (opens OSV.dev in a new tab), which includes the GitHub Advisory Database. Release list from the npm registry. Refreshed daily.