CVE-2026-114121

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.5, requests to open external protocol URLs could be attributed to a document other than the one that initiated them, causing the...

CVE-2026-114121 Electron: openExternal permission requests can be attributed to the wrong origin

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.5, requests to open external protocol URLs could be attributed to a document other than the one that initiated them, causing the...

EUVD-2026-107361

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.5, requests to open external protocol URLs could be attributed to a document other than the one that initiated them, causing the...

CVE-2026-114121

The Electron framework (prior to versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.5 ) contains a vulnerability where requests to open external protocol URLs can be attributed to the wrong origin. This Origin Validation Error (CWE-346) occurs because the requestingUrl passed to session.setPermis...

CVE-2026-114121 Electron: openExternal permission requests can be attributed to the wrong origin

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.5, requests to open external protocol URLs could be attributed to a document other than the one that initiated them, causing the...

CVE-2026-70612

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, requests to open external protocol URLs from web content did not take iframe sandbox restrictions into account, so a sandboxed iframe could...

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource via the openExternal. An attacker can cause an...

Electron: Sandboxed iframes can launch external protocol handlers

Impact Requests to open external protocol URLs from web content did not take iframe sandbox restrictions into account, so a sandboxed iframe could cause an OS-registered external application to be launched. The frame's sandbox state was also not made available to the app's permission handlers. Ap...

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Overview 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 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource via the openExternal. An attacker can cause an OS-registered external...

CVE-2026-70612 Electron: Sandboxed iframes can launch external protocol handlers

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, requests to open external protocol URLs from web content did not take iframe sandbox restrictions into account, so a sandboxed iframe could...

CVE-2026-70612: Improper Access Control

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, requests to open external protocol URLs from web content did not take iframe sandbox restrictions into account, so a sandboxed iframe could...

PT-2026-68972

Impact Requests to open external protocol URLs from web content did not take iframe sandbox restrictions into account, so a sandboxed iframe could cause an OS-registered external application to be launched. The frame's sandbox state was also not made available to the app's permission handlers. Ap...

PT-2026-68288

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Electron versions prior to 39.8.8 Electron versions prior to 40.9.0 Electron versions prior to 41.2.1 Electron versions prior to 42.0.0-beta.3 Description Requests to open external protocol URLs from web content do not respect iframe sandbox...

CVE-2026-33335 Vikunja Desktop allows arbitrary local application invocation via unvalidated shell.openExternal

Vikunja is an open-source self-hosted task management platform. Starting in version 0.21.0 and prior to version 2.2.0, the Vikunja Desktop Electron wrapper passes URLs from window.open calls directly to shell.openExternal without any validation or protocol allowlisting. An attacker who can place ...

CVE-2021-28119

Twinkle Tray aka twinkle-tray through 1.13.3 allows remote command execution. A remote attacker may send a crafted IPC message to the exposed vulnerable ipcRenderer IPC interface, which invokes the dangerous openExternal API...

EUVD-2021-14820

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EUVD-2021-14833

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CVE-2021-28134

Clipper before 1.0.5 allows remote command execution. A remote attacker may send a crafted IPC message to the exposed vulnerable ipcRenderer IPC interface, which invokes the dangerous openExternal API...

Arbitrary Code Injection

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection due to the improper handling of URI schemes in the openExternal function. Note: This is exploitable only for Windows environments. Remediation Upgrade @joplin/utils to version 2.14.1 or higher. References - GitH...

Arbitrary Code Injection

Overview @joplin/lib is a joplin core library. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection due to the improper handling of URI schemes in the openExternal function. Note: This is exploitable only for Windows environments. Remediation Upgrade @joplin/lib to version...