# CVE-2026-34767: Electron: HTTP Response Header Injection in custom protocol handlers and webRequest

- Also known as: GHSA-4P4R-M79C-WQ3V
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 38.8.6, 39.8.3, 40.8.3, 41.0.3
- Published: 2026-04-03 · Updated: 2026-04-06

## Affected

- electron: fixed in 38.8.6; from 39.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 39.8.3; from 40.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 40.8.3; from 41.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 41.0.3
- electron (npm): fixed in 38.8.6
- electron (npm): from 39.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 39.8.3
- electron (npm): from 40.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 40.8.3
- electron (npm): from 41.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 41.0.3

## Description

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.3, 40.8.3, and 41.0.3, apps that register custom protocol handlers via protocol.handle() / protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged() or modify response headers via webRequest.onHeadersReceived may be vulnerable to HTTP response header injection if attacker-controlled input is reflected into a response header name or value. An attacker who can influence a header value may be able to inject additional response headers, affecting cookies, content security policy, or cross-origin access controls. Apps that do not reflect external input into response headers are not affected. This issue has been patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.3, 40.8.3, and 41.0.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on electron, upgrade to a fixed version (38.8.6, 39.8.3, 40.8.3, 41.0.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-4p4r-m79c-wq3v

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