CVE-2026-113796: Electron: SameSite cookie restrictions are not applied to windows opened from links
Affected: electron · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 12% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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 that content to make a credentialed request to another site that relies on SameSite cookies for CSRF protection. This issue is fixed in versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.6.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- electron · electron< 42.11.3; >= 43.0.0-alpha.1, < 43.7.0; >= 44.0.0-alpha.1, < 44.3.0; >= 45.0.0-alpha.1, < 45.0.0-alpha.6
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Weakness
- Cross-Site Request Forgery
- Vendor
- electron
- Published
- October 2026
CoverageNo articles yet
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-352cwe.mitre.org
- github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-2p8c-gr87-github.com
- github.com/electron/electron/pull/53683github.com
- github.com/electron/electron/pull/53717github.com
- github.com/electron/electron/pull/53718github.com
- github.com/electron/electron/pull/53719github.com
- github.com/electron/electron/pull/53721github.com
- github.com/electron/electron/commit/079b9b1594ee62c336adc3aa430dgithub.com
- github.com/electron/electron/commit/0e6aca0618eeae50a18cfd50548bgithub.com
- github.com/electron/electron/commit/652ef79ac79c6767b31e59b2f28dgithub.com
- github.com/electron/electron/commit/98940cb274bb6adcb7cdb2da2d44github.com
- github.com/electron/electron/commit/a86ae4205ba2ba7ae60a6caa9d5dgithub.com
- github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.11.3github.com
3 more references are in the CVE record.