Medium severity · published Apr 3, 2026
CVE-2026-34767
Electron: HTTP Response Header Injection in custom protocol handlers and webRequest
6.5
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 38.8.6, 39.8.3, 40.8.3, and 41.0.3, apps that register custom protocol handlers via protocol.handle() / protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged() or modify response headers via webRequest.onHeadersReceived may be vulnerable to HTTP response header injection if attacker-controlled input is reflected into a response header name or value. An attacker who can influence a header value may be able to inject additional response headers, affecting cookies, content security policy, or cross-origin access controls. Apps that do not reflect external input into response headers are not affected. This issue has been patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.3, 40.8.3, and 41.0.3.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
electron · electron
< 38.8.6; >= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.3; >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.8.3; >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.3 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34767
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-34767
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-4p4r-m79c-wq3v
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