CVE-2026-102675 Electron - Stored XSS

Electron < 41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, and 44.0.0-beta.5 contains a stored XSS caused by improper CORS configuration in custom protocol schemes with supportFetchAPI enabled and corsEnabled disabled, letting attackers read scripts across origins, exploit requires exposing such a scheme and loading untrusted content in the same session.

CVSS base score 7.4 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.21% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Stored XSS
Impact
Client Script Exec, Information Disclosure
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
29 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-346

Vendor fix

Update to versions 41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, or 44.0.0-beta.5 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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