AIKIDO-2026-956056
electron is vulnerable to User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information
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Medium Risk
This Affects:
electronTL;DR
electron's embedded Chromium UI layer on Windows can mis-handle drag state tracking when a renderer is already compromised. A crafted HTML page can influence UI presentation and enable spoofing of trusted interface elements. Before the fix, users could be misled by attacker-controlled UI overlays. The backport tracks in-progress drags with static state to close the inappropriate implementation path.
Who does this affect?
You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range and ship electron desktop apps on Windows.
Background info
electron is vulnerable to User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information in versions 40.0.0 - 40.10.2 and 41.0.0 - 41.7.1.
How to fix this
Upgrade the electron library to the patch version.
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