---
id: CVE-2026-113800
title: 'Electron: HID and USB permission checks can be attributed to the wrong origin'
summary: >-
  Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using
  JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and
  45.0.0-alpha.5, hid and usb permission checks made from an iframe caused
  setPermission…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-346
vendor: electron
product: electron
affected:
  - electron < 42.11.3
  - 'electron >= 43.0.0-alpha.1, < 43.7.0'
  - 'electron >= 44.0.0-alpha.1, < 44.3.0'
  - 'electron >= 45.0.0-alpha.1, < 45.0.0-alpha.5'
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-23T14:47:52.711295Z'
published: '2026-10-21'
updated: '2026-10-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-23T15:12:01.887Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113800'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-fw47-9c62-h3vw
    label: >-
      https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-fw47-9c62-h3vw
  - url: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53656'
    label: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53656'
  - url: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53679'
    label: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53679'
  - url: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53688'
    label: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53688'
  - url: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53689'
    label: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53689'
  - url: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53736'
    label: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/53736'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/22de0a3a06cfd3174fc6c59c3810ab5e1c91bf1a
    label: >-
      https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/22de0a3a06cfd3174fc6c59c3810ab5e1c91bf1a
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/36042b2e1b1c60c67b05ba0e95d1a34f608b9742
    label: >-
      https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/36042b2e1b1c60c67b05ba0e95d1a34f608b9742
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/56cc43eb677d46b86b0d3f49b5fba71404ab1ff0
    label: >-
      https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/56cc43eb677d46b86b0d3f49b5fba71404ab1ff0
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/922073f8601479e93071f56f0745041291b206fd
    label: >-
      https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/922073f8601479e93071f56f0745041291b206fd
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/c965cee73284c4b230a81d51a7db6115e55da8c0
    label: >-
      https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/c965cee73284c4b230a81d51a7db6115e55da8c0
  - url: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.11.3'
    label: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.11.3'
  - url: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.0'
    label: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.7.0'
  - url: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v44.3.0'
    label: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v44.3.0'
  - url: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v45.0.0-alpha.5'
    label: 'https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v45.0.0-alpha.5'
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fw47-9c62-h3vw'
tags:
  - cve.org
  - ghsa
  - npm
epss: 0.00241
epssPercentile: 0.15187
aliases:
  - GHSA-fw47-9c62-h3vw
ecosystem: npm
patched:
  - electron 45.0.0-alpha.5
  - electron 44.3.0
  - electron 43.7.0
  - electron 42.11.3
ingestedAt: '2026-10-21T17:07:51.301Z'
---

## Overview

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.5, hid and usb permission checks made from an iframe caused setPermissionCheckHandler to receive the top-level frame's origin and details instead of the requesting frame's. An application that delegated hid or usb to a cross-origin untrusted iframe and allowed device access with origin-based logic could therefore grant that embedded frame access intended for the top-level page. This issue is fixed in versions 42.11.3, 43.7.0, 44.3.0, and 45.0.0-alpha.5.

## Affected

- `electron < 42.11.3`
- `electron >= 43.0.0-alpha.1, < 43.7.0`
- `electron >= 44.0.0-alpha.1, < 44.3.0`
- `electron >= 45.0.0-alpha.1, < 45.0.0-alpha.5`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Package advisory (CVE-2026-113800)

Affected packages:

- `electron >= 45.0.0-alpha.1, < 45.0.0-alpha.5`
- `electron >= 44.0.0-alpha.1, < 44.3.0`
- `electron >= 43.0.0-alpha.1, < 43.7.0`
- `electron < 42.11.3`

Patched in:

- `electron 45.0.0-alpha.5`
- `electron 44.3.0`
- `electron 43.7.0`
- `electron 42.11.3`

Source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fw47-9c62-h3vw