Medium severity · published Oct 21, 2026
CVE-2026-113796
Electron: SameSite cookie restrictions are not applied to windows opened from links
New
4.2
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.6, Electron treated pages opened into a new window from links as application-initiated navigations instead of preserving the page containing the link as the initiator. The resulting top-level request could be classified as same-site, causing SameSite=Strict cookies to be sent and Sec-Fetch-Site not to identify the initiating page. An application that loads untrusted content and permits it to open new windows could therefore allow that content to make a credentialed request to another site that relies on SameSite cookies for CSRF protection. This issue is fixed in versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.6.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
electron · electron
< 42.11.3; >= 43.0.0-alpha.1, < 43.7.0; >= 44.0.0-alpha.1, < 44.3.0; >= 45.0.0-alpha.1, < 45.0.0-alpha.6 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113796
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113796
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/079b9b1594ee62c336adc3aa430d4c1cf62bd51e
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/0e6aca0618eeae50a18cfd50548b8688820629ed
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/652ef79ac79c6767b31e59b2f28d0d46114645e5
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/98940cb274bb6adcb7cdb2da2d4495ac83119670
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/a86ae4205ba2ba7ae60a6caa9d5d3a44321f2f9b
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53683
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