CVE-2026-34771CWE-416

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

High · published April 3, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00379 · 30.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2026-04-03T23:47Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 APR 23:47Z
    Electron: Use-after-free in WebContents fullscreen, pointer-lock, and keyboard-lock permission callbacks
    cvelistv5