CVE-2026-34769

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.003 · 22 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.29% (22nd) EPSS
CVSS 8.8 · high
Is it mine?
12 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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, an undocumented commandLineSwitches webPreference allowed arbitrary switches to be appended to the renderer process command line. Apps that construct webPreferences by spreading untrusted configuration objects may inadvertently allow an attacker to inject switches that disable renderer sandboxing or web security controls. Apps are only affected if they construct webPreferences from external or untrusted input without an allowlist. Apps that use a fixed, hardcoded webPreferences object 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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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.7highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 1 · impact 6
v3.17.7highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1 · impact 6
v3.17.7highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-88USCWE-88USCWE-912USCWE-912US
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affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • GHSA-9wfr-w7mm-pc7fElectron: Renderer command-line switch injection via undocumented commandLineSwitches webPreference2026-04-03ghsa · osvUS

    ### Impact An undocumented `commandLineSwitches` webPreference allowed arbitrary switches to be appended to the renderer process command line. Apps that construct `webPreferences` by spreading untrusted configuration objects may inadvertently allow an attacker to inject switches that disable renderer sandboxing or web security controls. Apps are only affected if they construct `webPreferences` from external or untrusted input without an allowlist. Apps that use a fixed, hardcoded `webPreferences` object are not affected. ### Workarounds Do not spread untrusted input into `webPreferences`. Use an explicit allowlist of permitted preference keys when constructing `BrowserWindow` or `webContents` options from external configuration. ### Fixed Versions * `41.0.0-beta.8` * `40.7.0` * `39.8.0` * `38.8.6` ### For more information If there are any questions or comments about this advisory, send an email to [security@electronjs.org](mailto:security@electronjs.org)

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also known as (3)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdnvdosvNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-04-04modified 2026-07-24
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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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