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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.7

CVE-2026-70609 json

Electron: DevTools JavaScript Injection via Unsanitized Dock State Parameter

published 2026-08-05 3 mo ago modified 2026-10-08 31 d ago also GHSA-4f78-qhmw-8j8m , EUVD-2026-53566

cvss
5.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, and 42.0.0-beta.1, the mode option of webContents.openDevTools() was not sanitized before use by the DevTools frontend. If an attacker can influence this value, script under their control may run in the DevTools context, which in unsandboxed configurations has access to Node.js, including when untrusted input reaches the mode argument of openDevTools() or untrusted content calls openDevTools() on a webview it embeds. This issue is fixed in 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, and 42.0.0-beta.1.

Patch / fix

  • npm electron 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, 42.0.0-beta.1
  • electronjs electron 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
3 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm electron
<39.8.7
>=40.0.0-alpha.1, <40.9.0
>=41.0.0-alpha.1, <41.2.0
>=42.0.0-alpha.1, <42.0.0-beta.1
39.8.7
40.9.0
41.2.0
42.0.0-beta.1

Affected products

  • electron electron

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
  • CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.