Origin Validation Error Affecting electron package, versions <42.11.9>=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.7.6>=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.5.0>=45.0.0-alpha.1 <45.0.0-alpha.13
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- published22 Oct 2026
- disclosed22 Oct 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 22 Oct 2026
NewCVE-2026-113798 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade electron to version 42.11.9, 43.7.6, 44.5.0, 45.0.0-alpha.13 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 Origin Validation Error via misattribution of pointerLock permission requests from in-process iframes. When a same-site, cross-origin iframe calls Element.requestPointerLock(), the permission request handler receives the local root's URL and isMainFrame value instead of the requesting iframe's, because the request is routed through the widget of the local root rather than the actual requesting frame. An attacker controlling a cross-origin iframe can thereby impersonate the parent frame's origin in the app's setPermissionRequestHandler, bypassing origin-based permission checks for pointer lock.
Note: This is only exploitable if the app embeds untrusted content in iframes and decides pointerLock requests by origin in setPermissionRequestHandler.