GHSA-JJP3-MQ3X-295M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-03 02:39 – Updated: 2026-04-06 23:10
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Summary
Electron: Use-after-free in PowerMonitor on Windows and macOS
Details

Impact

Apps that use the powerMonitor module may be vulnerable to a use-after-free. After the native PowerMonitor object is garbage-collected, the associated OS-level resources (a message window on Windows, a shutdown handler on macOS) retain dangling references. A subsequent session-change event (Windows) or system shutdown (macOS) dereferences freed memory, which may lead to a crash or memory corruption.

All apps that access powerMonitor events (suspend, resume, lock-screen, etc.) are potentially affected. The issue is not directly renderer-controllable.

Workarounds

There are no app side workarounds, you must update to a patched version of Electron.

Fixed Versions

  • 41.0.0-beta.8
  • 40.8.0
  • 39.8.1
  • 38.8.6

For more information

If there are any questions or comments about this advisory, please email security@electronjs.org

Severity ?
7.0 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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    "nvd_published_at": "2026-04-04T00:16:17Z",
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  "modified": "2026-04-06T23:10:41Z",
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  "summary": "Electron: Use-after-free in PowerMonitor on Windows and macOS"
}


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