Medium 5.7Published Aug 5, 2026

CVE-2026-70609Electron: DevTools JavaScript Injection via Unsanitized Dock State Parameter

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 6:30 PM ET)

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Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, and 42.0.0-beta.1, the mode option of webContents.openDevTools() was not sanitized before use by the DevTools frontend. If an attacker can influence this value, script under their control may run in the DevTools context, which in unsandboxed configurations has access to Node.js, including when untrusted input reaches the mode argument of openDevTools() or untrusted content calls openDevTools() on a webview it embeds. This issue is fixed in 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, and 42.0.0-beta.1.

CVSS: 5.7 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94, CWE-116
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: Analyzed
Record last updated: Aug 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

electron electron electron:electron (from the name)	before 39.8.7; from 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.9.0; from 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.2.0; from 42.0.0-alpha.1, < 42.0.0-beta.1	CNA record
electronjs electron electronjs:electron	before 39.8.7; from 40.0.0 before 40.9.0; from 41.0.0 before 41.2.0; 42.0.0; 42.0.0; 42.0.0; 42.0.0; 42.0.0; and 2 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-4f78-qhmw-8j8m	x-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50665	x-refsource-misc, issue-tracking, patch
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50666	x-refsource-misc, issue-tracking, patch
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50667	x-refsource-misc, issue-tracking, patch
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50668	x-refsource-misc, issue-tracking, patch
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/04614eed17986bddc43eb509ec870424ee6a47d1	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/2046ae87731d80a7b535512ae19acb529e10e33b	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/969741f9f847c5c583f6bbc63ca22549dbd954ce	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/efc4d3c6b6f1c04f658ca0d9d2512dcfe78eb7ba	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v39.8.7	x-refsource-misc, release-notes
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