# CVE-2026-102675: Electron: File and HTTP protocol handlers allow cross-origin reads without corsEnabled

- Also known as: GHSA-J84W-JFHQ-VHVJ
- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, 44.0.0-beta.5
- Published: 2026-09-29 · Updated: 2026-09-29

## Affected

- electron: fixed in 41.10.6; from 42.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 42.9.2; from 43.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 43.4.1; from 44.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 44.0.0-beta.5
- electron (npm): fixed in 41.10.6
- electron (npm): from 42.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 42.9.2
- electron (npm): from 43.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 43.4.1
- electron (npm): from 44.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 44.0.0-beta.5

## Description

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, and 44.0.0-beta.5, responses served through protocol.registerFileProtocol or protocol.registerHttpProtocol for a custom scheme registered with supportFetchAPI enabled but corsEnabled disabled could remain script-readable across origins. This residual issue completes the remediation for CVE-2026-70604. Applications are affected only when they expose such a scheme and load untrusted content in the same session. Schemes intentionally registered with corsEnabled enabled remain cross-origin readable by design. This issue is fixed in versions 41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, and 44.0.0-beta.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on electron, upgrade to a fixed version (41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, 44.0.0-beta.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-j84w-jfhq-vhvj
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/4d2784cc8592471ee2276235b8c2a03efddf937d
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/80178e4631cb2f6a5e42f8e793b2ae9624e78a0d
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/c595b05976e7a885465b043d17e00a92fc3c3397
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/ef75c4b98caaa3ebc615f1eba302027028ee04d2
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v41.10.6
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.9.2
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.4.1
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v44.0.0-beta.5

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