Electron up to 42.11.2/43.6.x/44.2.x/45.0.0-alpha.5 cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Electron up to 42.11.2/43.6.x/44.2.x/45.0.0-alpha.5. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross-site request forgery. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-113796. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Electron up to 42.11.2/43.6.x/44.2.x/45.0.0-alpha.5 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.6, Electron treated pages opened into a new window from links as application-initiated navigations instead of preserving the page containing the link as the initiator. The resulting top-level request could be classified as same-site, causing SameSite=Strict cookies to be sent and Sec-Fetch-Site not to identify the initiating page. An application that loads untrusted content and permits it to open new windows could therefore allow that content to make a credentialed request to another site that relies on SameSite cookies for CSRF protection. This issue is fixed in versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.6.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-113796 since 10/20/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0 or 45.0.0-alpha.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Electron

Version

• 42.11.0
• 42.11.1
• 42.11.2
• 43.0
• 43.1
• 43.2
• 43.3
• 43.4
• 43.5
• 43.6
• 44.0
• 44.1
• 44.2
• 45.0.0-alpha.0
• 45.0.0-alpha.1
• 45.0.0-alpha.2
• 45.0.0-alpha.3
• 45.0.0-alpha.4
• 45.0.0-alpha.5

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• Product: https://github.com/electron/electron/

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