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CVE-2026-70599: Electron: Permission Check Handler Receives Main Frame Origin Instead of Requesting Iframe Origin

August 5, 2026

For serial-port and media (camera / microphone) permission checks made from an iframe, the requestingOrigin passed to session.setPermissionCheckHandler was the top-level frame’s origin rather than the requesting frame’s. Origin-based handler logic could therefore grant a cross-origin iframe device access intended only for the top-level origin.

Apps are only affected if they use setPermissionCheckHandler with origin-based logic and embed cross-origin iframes with delegated device permissions. Apps that base the decision on details.securityOrigin, or that do not embed such iframes, are not affected.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-9pf5-hg6p-4pwp
  • github.com/electron/electron/commit/0cbdf2f0375466d701aa393c92e0ec29eb89ea6c
  • github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-9pf5-hg6p-4pwp
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-70599

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 39.8.7, all versions starting from 40.0.0-alpha.1 before 40.9.0, all versions starting from 41.0.0-alpha.1 before 41.2.0, all versions starting from 42.0.0-alpha.1 before 42.0.0-beta.1

Fixed versions

  • 39.8.7
  • 40.9.0
  • 41.2.0
  • 42.0.0-beta.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, 42.0.0-beta.1 or above.

Impact 5.9 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-346: Origin Validation Error

Source file

npm/electron/CVE-2026-70599.yml

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