Medium 4.2Published Oct 21, 2026

CVE-2026-113796Electron: SameSite cookie restrictions are not applied to windows opened from links

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 5:40 AM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 4.2 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-352
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 23, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 21, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

electron electron electron:electron (from the name)	before 42.11.3; from 43.0.0-alpha.1, < 43.7.0; from 44.0.0-alpha.1, < 44.3.0; from 45.0.0-alpha.1, < 45.0.0-alpha.6	CNA record

References

References

https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676	x-refsource-confirm
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53683	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53717	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53718	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53719	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53721	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/079b9b1594ee62c336adc3aa430d4c1cf62bd51e	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/0e6aca0618eeae50a18cfd50548b8688820629ed	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/652ef79ac79c6767b31e59b2f28d0d46114645e5	x-refsource-misc
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/98940cb274bb6adcb7cdb2da2d4495ac83119670	x-refsource-misc
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