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FKIE_CVE-2026-34769

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-04 00:16 - Updated: 2026-04-09 16:01

Severity ?

7.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-9wfr-w7mm-pc7f	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
electronjs	electron	*
electronjs	electron	*
electronjs	electron	*
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0

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CVE-2026-34769 (GCVE-0-2026-34769)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-03 23:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 03:55

Title

Electron: Renderer command-line switch injection via undocumented commandLineSwitches webPreference

Summary

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-88 - Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
CWE-912 - Hidden Functionality

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/electron/electron/security/adv…

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	electron	electron	Affected: < 38.8.6 Affected: >= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.0 Affected: >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.7.0 Affected: >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0-beta.8

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Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-34769 (GCVE-0-2026-34769)

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