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GHSA-8337-3p73-46f4

Electron: Use-after-free in WebContents fullscreen, pointer-lock, and keyboard-lock permission callbacks

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2026-34771

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npm electron < 38.8.6 38.8.6
npm electron >= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.0 39.8.0
npm electron >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.7.0 40.7.0
npm electron >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0-beta.8 41.0.0-beta.8

Details

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### Impact Apps that register an asynchronous `session.setPermissionRequestHandler()` may be vulnerable to a use-after-free when handling fullscreen, pointer-lock, or keyboard-lock permission requests. If the requesting frame navigates or the window closes while the permission handler is pending, invoking the stored callback dereferences freed memory, which may lead to a crash or memory corruption. Apps that do not set a permission request handler, or whose handler responds synchronously, are not affected. ### Workarounds Respond to permission requests synchronously, or deny fullscreen, pointer-lock, and keyboard-lock requests if an asynchronous flow is required. ### Fixed Versions * `41.0.0-beta.8` * `40.7.0` * `39.8.0` * `38.8.6` ### For more information If there are any questions or comments about this advisory, please email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

References

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