CVE-2026-70605: Electronjs Electron

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3, when following HTTP redirects, net.fetch() and net.request() did not restrict which schemes a redirect could target. A remote server could redirect a request to a local resource, and if the app returns or forwards the response body, local file contents could be disclosed. Apps are only affected if they make net requests to attacker-influenced URLs with redirects followed and expose the response body. This issue is fixed in versions 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3.

Affected products

• Electronjs Electron: before 39.8.8 (fixed in 39.8.8); from 40.0.0, before 40.9.0 (fixed in 40.9.0); from 41.0.0, before 41.2.1 (fixed in 41.2.1); version 42.0.0 only

Published 2026-08-05. Last modified 2026-10-08.