CVE-2020-26272

The Electron framework lets users write cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. In versions of Electron IPC prior to 9.4.0, 10.2.0, 11.1.0, and 12.0.0-beta.9, messages sent from the main process to a subframe in the renderer process, through webContents.sendToFrame, event.reply or when using the remote module, can in some cases be delivered to the wrong frame. If your app uses remote, calls webContents.sendToFrame, or calls event.reply in an IPC message handler then it is impacted by this issue. This has been fixed in versions 9.4.0, 10.2.0, 11.1.0, and 12.0.0-beta.9. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

• CWE-668

• https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/07a1c2a3e5845901f7e2eda9506695be58edc73cPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/0bbd268eb4caf35604443df5ff196980dd49e208
• https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/36c695ce2a7e22c07fe1e30c61c00d20371daee2
• https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/429400040ecb16a21d19936658579e65a797e4cc
• https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/5c8e7e8b7f485ceafa8b271086d7b87e1de9dedd
• https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/26875Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v9.4.0Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-hvf8-h2qh-37m9Third Party Advisory
• https://www.electronjs.org/releases/stable?version=9#9.4.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/07a1c2a3e5845901f7e2eda9506695be58edc73cPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/26875Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v9.4.0Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-hvf8-h2qh-37m9Third Party Advisory
• https://www.electronjs.org/releases/stable?version=9#9.4.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

Published

Jan 28, 2021

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified