Improper Input Validation

Electron is vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The vulnerability is due to the mode option of webContents.openDevTools not being sanitized before use by the DevTools frontend, which allows an attacker who can influence the value to execute arbitrary script in the DevTools context and...

PT-2026-68285

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Electron versions prior to 39.8.7 Electron versions prior to 40.9.0 Electron versions prior to 41.2.0 Electron versions prior to 42.0.0-beta.1 Description The mode option of the webContents.openDevTools function was not sanitized before use by...

CVE-2026-70609: Improper Control of Generation of Code

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,...

PT-2026-68937

Impact 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. Apps are only affected if...