CVE-2026-34771 PUBLISHED

Electron: Use-after-free in WebContents fullscreen, pointer-lock, and keyboard-lock permission callbacks

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 30.03.2026 Published: 03.04.2026 Updated: 03.04.2026

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that register an asynchronous session.setPermissionRequestHandler() may be vulnerable to a use-after-free when handling fullscreen, pointer-lock, or keyboard-lock permission requests. If the requesting frame navigates or the window closes while the permission handler is pending, invoking the stored callback dereferences freed memory, which may lead to a crash or memory corruption. Apps that do not set a permission request handler, or whose handler responds synchronously, are not affected. This issue has been patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor electron
Product electron
Versions
  • Version < 38.8.6 is affected
  • Version >= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.0 is affected
  • Version >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.7.0 is affected
  • Version >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0-beta.8 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-416: Use After Free CWE