Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.6, Electron treated pages opened into a new window from links as application-initiated navigations instead of preserving the page containing the link as the initiator. The resulting top-level request could be classified as same-site, causing SameSite=Strict cookies to be sent and Sec-Fetch-Site not to identify the initiating page. An application that loads untrusted content and permits it to open new windows could therefore allow th
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- Vendor
- Microsoft, Oracle
- Product
- windows, java
- CVSS
- 4.2
Why it ranks 3 (Routine)
- CVSS 4.2 medium
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0) (nvd.nist.gov)
- CVE-2026-113796 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
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