Bug 2543316 (CVE-2026-102674)

Summary: CVE-2026-102674 electron: Electron: Sandbox bypass via popup window creation
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A flaw was found in Electron. Windows opened from a sandboxed top-level document do not inherit that document's active sandbox restrictions. An attacker capable of delivering untrusted content to a sandboxed document can open a popup window that runs with the application's full origin rather than the restricted origin. This can lead to a sandbox bypass, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive application data or internal resources.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-29 17:04:08 UTC
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, and 44.0.0-beta.5, windows opened from a sandboxed top-level document did not inherit that document's active HTML sandbox restrictions. Untrusted content in a sandboxed top-level document that was permitted to open popups could therefore create a window with the Electron application's full origin instead of the restricted origin intended by the sandbox. Applications that deny such popups with setWindowOpenHandler are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, and 44.0.0-beta.5.