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Permalink CVE-2026-34776
5.3 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
  • Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
  • Attack Complexity (AC): High (H)
  • Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
  • User Interaction (UI): None (N)
  • Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
  • Confidentiality (C): High (H)
  • Integrity (I): None (N)
  • Availability (A): Low (L)
  • Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
  • Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): High (H)
  • Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
  • Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
  • Modified Confidentiality (MC): High (H)
  • Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
  • Modified Integrity (MI): None (N)
  • Modified Availability (MA): Low (L)
created 2 months, 1 week ago Activity log
  • Created suggestion 2 months, 1 week ago
Electron: Out-of-bounds read in second-instance IPC on macOS and Linux

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.1, and 41.0.0, on macOS and Linux, apps that call app.requestSingleInstanceLock() were vulnerable to an out-of-bounds heap read when parsing a crafted second-instance message. Leaked memory could be delivered to the app's second-instance event handler. This issue is limited to processes running as the same user as the Electron app. Apps that do not call app.requestSingleInstanceLock() are not affected. Windows is not affected by this issue. This issue has been patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.1, and 41.0.0.

Affected products

electron
  • ==>= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.1
  • ==< 38.8.6
  • ==>= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0
  • ==>= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.8.1

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