Missing Authorization Affecting electron package, versions <38.8.6>=39.0.0-alpha.1 <39.8.0>=40.0.0-alpha.2 <40.7.0>=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.0.0-beta.8
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- published3 Apr 2026
- disclosed3 Apr 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 3 Apr 2026
NewCVE-2026-34766 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade electron to version 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, 41.0.0-beta.8 or higher.
Overview
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 Missing Authorization in the select-usb-device event callback, which did not validate the chosen device ID against the filtered list presented to the handler. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to USB devices that do not match the intended filters or are listed in exclusion filters by influencing the handler to select a device ID outside the allowed set.
Note:
This is only exploitable if the application implements unusual device-selection logic that can be manipulated.