Out-of-bounds Read Affecting org.webjars.npm:electron package, versions [,39.8.10)[40.0.0-alpha.2,40.9.1)[41.0.0-alpha.1,41.2.1)[42.0.0-alpha.1,42.0.0-beta.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-18563339
  • published10 Aug 2026
  • disclosed5 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-70598  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.webjars.npm:electron to version 39.8.10, 40.9.1, 41.2.1, 42.0.0-beta.3 or higher.

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 Out-of-bounds Read in the paint event image generation process when offscreen rendering is enabled. An attacker can cause memory disclosure or application crash by compromising the GPU process and sending malicious frame data to the main process.

Note: This is only exploitable if offscreen rendering (webPreferences.offscreen) is enabled and the attacker has already achieved code execution in the GPU process.

CVSS Base Scores

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