GHSA-FW47-9C62-H3VW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-21 17:21 – Updated: 2026-10-21 17:21
VLAI
Summary
Electron: HID and USB permission checks can be attributed to the wrong origin
Details

Impact

For hid and usb permission checks made from an iframe, session.setPermissionCheckHandler was given the top-level frame's origin and details instead of the requesting frame's. Apps that allow these permissions based on origin could grant an embedded frame access intended for the top-level page.

You're only affected if you use setPermissionCheckHandler with origin-based logic for hid or usb and embed cross-origin iframes with allow="hid" or allow="usb". Apps that don't delegate those features to untrusted iframes are not affected.

Workarounds

Don't add allow="hid" / allow="usb" to untrusted iframes, or make the decision in your select-hid-device / select-usb-device handler using details.frame.

Fixed Versions

  • 45.0.0-alpha.5
  • 44.3.0
  • 43.7.0
  • 42.11.3

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@electronjs.org

Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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