{"answers":{"affected":"8 open source packages ship an affected version, including electron. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70611 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade electron to a fixed version for your release line: 39.8.9, 40.9.2, 41.2.1 or 42.0.0-beta.3.","what":"CVE-2026-70611 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Electronjs Electron, published on 5 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-70611 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-70611 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Electronjs Electron, published on 5 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70611 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- electron (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 39.8.9\n- electron (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 39.8.9\n- electron (npm): affected from 40.0.0-alpha.1; fixed in 40.9.2\n- electron (npm): affected from 40.0.0-alpha.1; fixed in 40.9.2\n- electron (npm): affected from 41.0.0-alpha.1; fixed in 41.2.1\n- electron (npm): affected from 41.0.0-alpha.1; fixed in 41.2.1\n- electron (npm): affected from 42.0.0-alpha.1; fixed in 42.0.0-beta.3\n- electron (npm): affected from 42.0.0-alpha.1; fixed in 42.0.0-beta.3\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-2026-70611/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70611/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-70611","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70611/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-70611","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-f2r8-jv7c-xqmp"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Electron framework","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Attackers with DevTools script access can execute arbitrary native code outside the sandbox via the file manager reveal action.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"command_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"electron","vendor":"electronjs"}],"cvss":{"score":6.9,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-78","name":"Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command"}],"description":"Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.9, 40.9.2, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3, the DevTools reveal in file manager action could launch the target file rather than reveal it. An attacker with a separate means of running script inside the DevTools frontend, such as a malicious DevTools extension, could use showItemInFolder handling to execute native code outside the sandbox when DevTools is opened for windows exposed to untrusted content or untrusted DevTools extensions. This issue is fixed in 39.8.9, 40.9.2, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3.","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: DevTools embedder handler executes arbitrary files via shell open","id":"CVE-2026-70611","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":"electronjs:electron","products":["electronjs:electron"],"type":"command_injection","year":"2026"},"n_packages":8,"n_references":13,"next":{"headline":"Electron: Sandboxed iframes can launch external protocol handlers","id":"CVE-2026-70612"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["39.8.9"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-f2r8-jv7c-xqmp"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["39.8.9"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":"pkg:npm/electron","source":"GHSA-f2r8-jv7c-xqmp"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["40.9.2"],"introduced":["40.0.0-alpha.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-f2r8-jv7c-xqmp"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["40.9.2"],"introduced":["40.0.0-alpha.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":"pkg:npm/electron","source":"GHSA-f2r8-jv7c-xqmp"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["41.2.1"],"introduced":["41.0.0-alpha.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-f2r8-jv7c-xqmp"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["41.2.1"],"introduced":["41.0.0-alpha.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":"pkg:npm/electron","source":"GHSA-f2r8-jv7c-xqmp"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["42.0.0-beta.3"],"introduced":["42.0.0-alpha.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-f2r8-jv7c-xqmp"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["42.0.0-beta.3"],"introduced":["42.0.0-alpha.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"electron","purl":"pkg:npm/electron","source":"GHSA-f2r8-jv7c-xqmp"}],"prev":{"headline":"Electron: contextBridge object copy honors prototype setters","id":"CVE-2026-70610"},"products":["electron"],"published":"2026-08-05","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":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-06","vendors":["electron"]},"summary":"Attackers with DevTools script access can execute arbitrary native code outside the sandbox via the file manager reveal action.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-70611/"}