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CVE-2026-34771

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

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.

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Known exploitation

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Severity

high

CVSS 7.5 ยท CVSS_V3

Affected packages

1

Supported package records returned by OSV. Vendor and product names are not used to infer matches.

OSV package mapping

Affected open-source packages

PackageEcosystemFixed versions
electronnpm38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, 41.0.0-beta.8