{"answers":{"affected":"8 open source packages ship an affected version, including electron. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-34773 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade electron to a fixed version for your release line: 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.1 or 41.0.0.","what":"CVE-2026-34773 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Electronjs Electron, published on 3 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-34773 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-34773 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Electronjs Electron, published on 3 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-34773 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- electron (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 38.8.6\n- electron (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 38.8.6\n- electron (npm): affected from 39.0.0-alpha.1; fixed in 39.8.1\n- electron (npm): affected from 39.0.0-alpha.1; fixed in 39.8.1\n- electron (npm): affected from 40.0.0-alpha.1; fixed in 40.8.1\n- electron (npm): affected from 40.0.0-alpha.1; fixed in 40.8.1\n- electron (npm): affected from 41.0.0-alpha.1; fixed in 41.0.0\n- electron (npm): affected from 41.0.0-alpha.1; fixed in 41.0.0\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-34773/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-34773/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-34773","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-34773/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-34773","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-mwmh-mq4g-g6gr"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Electron framework","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can hijack protocol handlers by injecting registry paths if apps pass untrusted input to setAsDefaultProtocolClient on Windows.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"electron","vendor":"electronjs"}],"cvss":{"score":4.7,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-74","name":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component"},{"id":"CWE-20","name":"Improper Input Validation"}],"description":"Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.1, and 41.0.0, on Windows, app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient(protocol) did not validate the protocol name before writing to the registry. Apps that pass untrusted input as the protocol name may allow an attacker to write to arbitrary subkeys under HKCU\\Software\\Classes\\, potentially hijacking existing protocol handlers. Apps are only affected if they call app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient() with a protocol name derived from external or untrusted input. Apps that use a hardcoded protocol name are not affected. This issue has been patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.1, and 41.0.0.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Electron: Registry key path injection in app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient on Windows","id":"CVE-2026-34773","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":"electronjs:electron","products":["electronjs:electron"],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2026"},"n_packages":8,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Electron: Use-after-free in offscreen child window paint callback","id":"CVE-2026-34774"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["38.8.6"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-mwmh-mq4g-g6gr"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["38.8.6"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":"pkg:npm/electron","source":"GHSA-mwmh-mq4g-g6gr"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["39.8.1"],"introduced":["39.0.0-alpha.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-mwmh-mq4g-g6gr"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["39.8.1"],"introduced":["39.0.0-alpha.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":"pkg:npm/electron","source":"GHSA-mwmh-mq4g-g6gr"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["40.8.1"],"introduced":["40.0.0-alpha.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-mwmh-mq4g-g6gr"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["40.8.1"],"introduced":["40.0.0-alpha.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":"pkg:npm/electron","source":"GHSA-mwmh-mq4g-g6gr"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["41.0.0"],"introduced":["41.0.0-alpha.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-mwmh-mq4g-g6gr"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["41.0.0"],"introduced":["41.0.0-alpha.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":"pkg:npm/electron","source":"GHSA-mwmh-mq4g-g6gr"}],"prev":{"headline":"Electron: Use-after-free in download save dialog callback","id":"CVE-2026-34772"},"products":["electron"],"published":"2026-04-03","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Chromium Remote Code Execution in electron","id":"CVE-2017-16151","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-06-07"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Electron protocol handler browser vulnerable to Command Injection","id":"CVE-2018-1000118","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-03-07"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Electron: Context Isolation bypass via contextBridge VideoFrame transfer","id":"CVE-2026-34780","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-04-04"},{"cvss_score":8.3,"headline":"Electron: \u003cwebview\u003e can enable Node.js integration in Web Workers despite embedder restrictions","id":"CVE-2026-102676","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-09-29"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"Electron drops inherited HTML sandbox restrictions for popups opened through OpenURLFromTab","id":"CVE-2026-102673","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-09-29"},{"cvss_score":8.2,"headline":"Electron: Windows opened from a sandboxed top-level document do not inherit its sandbox restrictions","id":"CVE-2026-102674","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-09-29"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Electron: Use-after-free in offscreen child window paint callback","id":"CVE-2026-34774","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-04-03"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-06","vendors":["electron"]},"summary":"Attackers can hijack protocol handlers by injecting registry paths if apps pass untrusted input to setAsDefaultProtocolClient on Windows.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-34773/"}