NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting electron package, versions <39.8.5>=40.0.0-alpha.2 <40.8.5>=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.1.0>=42.0.0-alpha.1 <42.0.0-alpha.5
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applicationsSnyk Learn
Learn about NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerabilities in an interactive lesson.
Start learning- Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTRON-15924119
- published7 Apr 2026
- disclosed7 Apr 2026
- creditFrostb1te
Introduced: 7 Apr 2026
NewCVE-2026-34781 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade electron to version 39.8.5, 40.8.5, 41.1.0, 42.0.0-alpha.5 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 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.