NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting org.webjars.npm:electron package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-15924120
  • published7 Apr 2026
  • disclosed7 Apr 2026
  • creditFrostb1te

Introduced: 7 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-34781  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

org.webjars.npm:electron is a framework which lets you write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the clipboard.readImage() function when processing malformed clipboard image data. An attacker can cause the application to crash by placing invalid image data on the system clipboard and triggering the function.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1