What is CVE-2026-70605?

CVE-2026-70605 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Electron, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2026-70605?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

SSRF in Electron

CVE-2026-70605

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3, when following HTTP redirects, net.fetch() and net.request() did not restrict which…

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Electron — versions < 39.8.8, >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.9.0, >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-70605?: CVE-2026-70605 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Electron, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2026-70605?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.