Medium severity · published Oct 21, 2026
CVE-2026-113800
Electron: HID and USB permission checks can be attributed to the wrong origin
5.4
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.5, hid and usb permission checks made from an iframe caused setPermissionCheckHandler to receive the top-level frame's origin and details instead of the requesting frame's. An application that delegated hid or usb to a cross-origin untrusted iframe and allowed device access with origin-based logic could therefore grant that embedded frame access intended for the top-level page. This issue is fixed in versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.5.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% 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.5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113800
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113800
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/22de0a3a06cfd3174fc6c59c3810ab5e1c91bf1a
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/36042b2e1b1c60c67b05ba0e95d1a34f608b9742
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/56cc43eb677d46b86b0d3f49b5fba71404ab1ff0
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/922073f8601479e93071f56f0745041291b206fd
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/c965cee73284c4b230a81d51a7db6115e55da8c0
github.com
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53656
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