CVE-2026-70604CWE-942

CVE-2026-70604

High · published August 5, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
27.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.10, 40.9.3, 41.4.0, and 42.0.0, a custom scheme registered with supportFetchAPI: true but without corsEnabled: true was not subject to CORS enforcement. A page loaded from a remote origin could therefore fetch() or XMLHttpRequest that scheme cross-origin and read the full response body, rather than the read being blocked. Apps that serve sensitive data from such a scheme and load remote or untrusted content in a renderer are affected. This issue is fixed in versions 39.8.10, 40.9.3, 41.4.0, and 42.0.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00354 · 27.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-942 · Permissive Cross-domain Security Policy with Untrusted Domains
Published
2026-08-05T20:17Z
Affected products (17)
ProductVersionsFixed in
electronjs/electron< 39.8.1039.8.10
electronjs/electron≥ 40.0.0, < 40.9.340.9.3
electronjs/electron≥ 41.0.0, < 41.4.041.4.0
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References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 AUG 15:59Z
    Electron: Custom protocol with supportFetchAPI but not corsEnabled allows cross-origin reads
    cvelistv5