# CVE-2026-114121: Electron: openExternal permission requests can be attributed to the wrong origin

- Also known as: GHSA-997Q-GVVC-JWMX
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, 45.0.0-alpha.5
- Published: 2026-10-21 · Updated: 2026-10-28

## Affected

- electron: fixed in 42.11.3; from 43.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 43.7.0; from 44.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 44.3.0; from 45.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 45.0.0-alpha.5
- electron (npm): fixed in 42.11.3
- electron (npm): from 43.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 43.7.0
- electron (npm): from 44.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 44.3.0
- electron (npm): from 45.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 45.0.0-alpha.5

## Description

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.5, requests to open external protocol URLs could be attributed to a document other than the one that initiated them, causing the requestingUrl passed to session.setPermissionRequestHandler to identify trusted content for a launch requested by untrusted content. An application that grants openExternal based on the requesting origin and allows untrusted content to open or navigate windows could therefore allow that content to launch an OS-registered external application. This issue is fixed in versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on electron, upgrade to a fixed version (42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, 45.0.0-alpha.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-997q-gvvc-jwmx
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53682
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53696
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53697
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53698
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53699
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/25057643bf6d9a20bad69e45707551ccf546f5ce
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/8aa5414f73792ed3b2e3f9ab6391b1832e6dc2c3
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/92a783952891805f2f82f344c40a6917b98a7d98
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/e0a20d5277b567aea8603f8e9852a4341407a586
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/e3a400911084537bce7380ffea8af939572ce8dd
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.11.3
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.0
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v44.3.0
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v45.0.0-alpha.5

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