GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676
Electron: SameSite cookie restrictions are not applied to windows opened from links
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
Pages opened into a new window from a link were loaded as if the app itself had navigated there rather than the page that contained the link, so the request was treated as same-site: `SameSite=Strict` cookies were sent and `Sec-Fetch-Site` did not identify the initiating page. Content shown in the app could use this to make a credentialed top-level request to another site that relies on SameSite cookies as a CSRF defence.
Apps are only affected if they load untrusted content and allow it to open new windows. Apps that deny new windows from untrusted content with `setWindowOpenHandler` are not affected.
### Workarounds
Return `{ action: 'deny' }` from `setWindowOpenHandler` for windows opened by untrusted content.
### Fixed Versions
* `45.0.0-alpha.6`
* `44.3.0`
* `43.7.0`
* `42.11.3`
### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113796
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53721
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53719
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53718
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53717
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53683
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/a86ae4205ba2ba7ae60a6caa9d5d3a44321f2f9b
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/98940cb274bb6adcb7cdb2da2d4495ac83119670
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/652ef79ac79c6767b31e59b2f28d0d46114645e5
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/0e6aca0618eeae50a18cfd50548b8688820629ed
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/079b9b1594ee62c336adc3aa430d4c1cf62bd51e
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.11.3
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.0
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v44.3.0
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v45.0.0-alpha.6
- https://github.com/electron/electron