CVE-2026-113796
### 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])
Properties
- Severity
- medium
- Summary
- Electron: SameSite cookie restrictions are not applied to windows opened from links
- Nvd fetched at
- 2026-10-22T22:14:18.200859+00:00
- Epss score
- 0.00184
- Cvss severity
- MEDIUM
- Cvss score
- 4.2
- Retrieved at
- 2026-10-22T22:17:33+00:00
- Ghsa published
- 2026-10-22T16:47:54Z
- Source url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676
- Ghsa updated
- 2026-10-22T16:47:55Z
- Ghsa id
- GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676
- Last source
- FIRST EPSS
- Score
- 4.2
- Cvss version
- 3.1
- Cve id
- CVE-2026-113796
- Cvss vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- First seen by Signal
- 2026-10-21T22:34:38+00:00
- Is ghsa only
- false
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Published at
- 2026-10-21T17:18:24.570
Related Entities (3)
AFFECTS (1)
HAS_WEAKNESS (1)
VULNERABLE_TO (1)
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