# CVE-2026-113797: Electron: Extension tabs.query returns tab URLs and titles without the tabs permission

- Also known as: GHSA-98MX-CJP9-GCHM
- Severity: CVSS 3.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 42.11.1, 43.5.1, 44.1.1, 45.0.0-alpha.4
- Published: 2026-10-21 · Updated: 2026-10-28

## Affected

- electron: fixed in 42.11.1; from 43.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 43.5.1; from 44.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 44.1.1; from 45.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 45.0.0-alpha.4
- electron (npm): from 45.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 45.0.0-alpha.4
- electron (npm): from 44.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 44.1.1
- electron (npm): from 43.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 43.5.1
- electron (npm): fixed in 42.11.1

## Description

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 42.11.1, 43.5.1, 44.1.1, and 45.0.0-alpha.4, chrome.tabs.query() returned each tab's url and title to extensions that had neither the tabs permission nor matching host permissions. An application that loaded an extension it did not fully trust through session.extensions.loadExtension could therefore allow that extension to read the URL and title of every webContents in its session. This issue is fixed in versions 42.11.1, 43.5.1, 44.1.1, and 45.0.0-alpha.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on electron, upgrade to a fixed version (42.11.1, 43.5.1, 44.1.1, 45.0.0-alpha.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-98mx-cjp9-gchm
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52597
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53353
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53354
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53355
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53356
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/16e6103c1d84cd1c46336647b55e96414da501a4
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/5acc76667d32ff310d04f965b47983412ab6553c
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/b1eb86ca8f6fa39fe9d5fee21bb9a0bf591a6a3f
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/d6529d65e5f096cd45bbb2828febb2c6baa53921
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/f3ae30fab9aabfd445eedff4dd7a2f003eb1ff2f
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.11.1
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.5.1
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v44.1.1
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v45.0.0-alpha.4

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