6.5

CVE-2026-34778: electron Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesGHSA-xj5x-m3f3-5x3h
Published 03-04-2026Last modified 06-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-34778 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in electron. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.14%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-04-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.1, and 41.0.0, a service worker running in a session could spoof reply messages on the internal IPC channel used by webContents.executeJavaScript() and related methods, causing the main-process promise to resolve with attacker-controlled data. Apps are only affected if they have service workers registered and use the result of webContents.executeJavaScript() (or webFrameMain.executeJavaScript()) in security-sensitive decisions. This issue has been patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.1, and 41.0.0.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.13% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.14%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Electron1 product
  • electron< 38.8.6 | ≥ 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.1 | ≥ 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.8.1 | ≥ 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0
Electronjs1 product
  • electronEOL< 38.8.6 | ≥ 39.0.0, < 39.8.1 | ≥ 40.0.0, < 40.8.1 | 41.0.0:alpha1 | 41.0.0:alpha2 | 41.0.0:alpha3 | 41.0.0:alpha4 | 41.0.0:alpha5 | 41.0.0:alpha6 | 41.0.0:beta1 | 41.0.0:beta2 | 41.0.0:beta3 | 41.0.0:beta4 | 41.0.0:beta5 | 41.0.0:beta6 | 41.0.0:beta7 | 41.0.0:beta8
Npm1 product
  • electron< 38.8.6 | ≥ 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.1 | ≥ 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.8.1 | ≥ 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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