6.3

CVE-2026-70597: electron

CVSS: 6.3v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesGHSA-jm7p-cc5g-qwxx
Published 05-08-2026Last modified 06-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-70597 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) vulnerability in electron. EPSS estimates a 0.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.10%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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, the check Electron uses on macOS to confirm it was launched by a same-signed parent process could be bypassed by a local process. Apps that enable fuse-based hardening restricting ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE and NODE_OPTIONS to same-signed parents rely on this check, and a local attacker could bypass it and run code inside the signed app, inheriting its TCC permissions and keychain access. This issue is fixed in 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

1%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.10% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.10%

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< 39.8.8 | ≥ 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.9.0 | ≥ 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.2.1 | ≥ 42.0.0-alpha.1, < 42.0.0-beta.3
Electronjs1 product
  • electronEOL< 39.8.8 | ≥ 40.0.0, < 40.9.0 | ≥ 41.0.0, ≤ 41.2.1 | 42.0.0:alpha1 | 42.0.0:alpha2 | 42.0.0:alpha3 | 42.0.0:alpha4 | 42.0.0:alpha5 | 42.0.0:alpha6 | 42.0.0:beta1 | 42.0.0:beta2
Npm1 product
  • electron< 39.8.8 | ≥ 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.9.1 | ≥ 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.2.1 | ≥ 42.0.0-alpha.1, < 42.0.0-beta.3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

3 links