# CVE-2026-70599: Electron: Permission Check Handler Receives Main Frame Origin Instead of Requesting Iframe Origin

- Also known as: GHSA-9PF5-HG6P-4PWP
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, 42.0.0-beta.1
- Published: 2026-08-05 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- electron: fixed in 39.8.7; from 40.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 40.9.0; from 41.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 41.2.0; from 42.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 42.0.0-beta.1
- electron (npm): fixed in 39.8.7
- electron (npm): from 40.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 40.9.0
- electron (npm): from 41.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 41.2.0
- electron (npm): from 42.0.0-alpha.1, fixed in 42.0.0-beta.1

## Description

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, and 42.0.0-beta.1, serial-port and media permission checks made from an iframe passed the top-level frame origin to session.setPermissionCheckHandler instead of the requesting iframe origin. Origin-based handler logic could grant a cross-origin iframe device access intended only for the top-level origin. This issue is fixed in 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, and 42.0.0-beta.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on electron, upgrade to a fixed version (39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, 42.0.0-beta.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-9pf5-hg6p-4pwp
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/0cbdf2f0375466d701aa393c92e0ec29eb89ea6c

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