CVE-2026-102676 Electron - Privilege Escalation

Electron < 41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, and 44.0.0-beta.5 contains a privilege escalation caused by enabling nodeIntegrationInWorker in Web Workers of <webview> guests despite embedder Node.js integration being disabled, letting untrusted guest content gain elevated privileges, exploit requires use of <webview> tag with unsandboxed embedder.

CVSS base score 8.3 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.45% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Privilege Escalation
Impact
Privilege Escalation
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
29 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-269

Vendor fix

Update to versions 41.10.6, 42.9.2, 43.4.1, 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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