CVE-2026-34780 PUBLISHED

Electron: Context Isolation bypass via contextBridge VideoFrame transfer

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 30.03.2026 Published: 04.04.2026 Updated: 04.04.2026

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. From versions 39.0.0-alpha.1 to before 39.8.0, 40.0.0-alpha.1 to before 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-alpha.1 to before 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that pass VideoFrame objects (from the WebCodecs API) across the contextBridge are vulnerable to a context isolation bypass. An attacker who can execute JavaScript in the main world (for example, via XSS) can use a bridged VideoFrame to gain access to the isolated world, including any Node.js APIs exposed to the preload script. Apps are only affected if a preload script returns, resolves, or passes a VideoFrame object to the main world via contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld(). Apps that do not bridge VideoFrame objects are not affected. This issue has been patched in versions 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:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.4

Product Status

Vendor electron
Product electron
Versions
  • 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-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere CWE
  • CWE-1188: Insecure Default Initialization of Resource CWE