--- title: "CVE-2026-102676: Electron - Privilege Escalation" description: "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 guests despite embedder Node.js integration being disabled, letting untrusted guest content gain elevated privileges, exploit requires use of tag with unsandboxed embedder." url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-102676/ --- # 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 guests despite embedder Node.js integration being disabled, letting untrusted guest content gain elevated privileges, exploit requires use of 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 [View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102676) ## 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](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html) ## 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 - [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102676](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102676) - [https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.9.2](https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.9.2) - [https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v44.0.0-beta.5](https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v44.0.0-beta.5) - [https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/6462a2e1dc4e6adffd3b7d9b9be1474c45dcbbe2](https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/6462a2e1dc4e6adffd3b7d9b9be1474c45dcbbe2) - [https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/b3ae0aab5cf81c2ed03d04df1ae8e69ecfab7886](https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/b3ae0aab5cf81c2ed03d04df1ae8e69ecfab7886) - [https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/cd34f335c8664613db5b6e61ae51e2e1846233ae](https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/cd34f335c8664613db5b6e61ae51e2e1846233ae) - [https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v41.10.6](https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v41.10.6) - [https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.4.1](https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.4.1) - [https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-9qh4-3jw8-366w](https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-9qh4-3jw8-366w) - [https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a675aef8822bae4088567822969f900b3a37671](https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/9a675aef8822bae4088567822969f900b3a37671) [← All CVEs](https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/) ## What this record can't tell you - Whether you run the affected software, and where - Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it - The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number - What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first Panop answers these inside your environment, for this CVE and every other finding. [Book a demo](https://panop.io/demo)