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GHSA-jjp3-mq3x-295m

Electron: Use-after-free in PowerMonitor on Windows and macOS

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2026-34770

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npm electron < 38.8.6 38.8.6
npm electron >= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.1 39.8.1
npm electron >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.8.0 40.8.0
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 use the `powerMonitor` module may be vulnerable to a use-after-free. After the native `PowerMonitor` object is garbage-collected, the associated OS-level resources (a message window on Windows, a shutdown handler on macOS) retain dangling references. A subsequent session-change event (Windows) or system shutdown (macOS) dereferences freed memory, which may lead to a crash or memory corruption. All apps that access `powerMonitor` events (`suspend`, `resume`, `lock-screen`, etc.) are potentially affected. The issue is not directly renderer-controllable. ### Workarounds There are no app side workarounds, you must update to a patched version of Electron. ### Fixed Versions * `41.0.0-beta.8` * `40.8.0` * `39.8.1` * `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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