CVE-2026-70605 Electron: HTTP redirect followed into local file loader

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3, when following HTTP redirects, net.fetch and net.request did not restrict which schemes a redirect could target. A remote server could redire...

CVE-2026-70605 Electron: HTTP redirect followed into local file loader

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3, when following HTTP redirects, net.fetch and net.request did not restrict which schemes a redirect could target. A remote server could redire...

Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Overview org.webjars.npm:electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Server-side Request Forgery SSRF via the net.fetch or net.request. An attacker can access local file conten...