GHSA-4P4R-M79C-WQ3V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-03 02:37 – Updated: 2026-04-06 23:10
VLAI
Summary
Electron: HTTP Response Header Injection in custom protocol handlers and webRequest
Details

Impact

Apps that register custom protocol handlers via protocol.handle() / protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged() or modify response headers via webRequest.onHeadersReceived may be vulnerable to HTTP response header injection if attacker-controlled input is reflected into a response header name or value.

An attacker who can influence a header value may be able to inject additional response headers, affecting cookies, content security policy, or cross-origin access controls.

Apps that do not reflect external input into response headers are not affected.

Workarounds

Validate or sanitize any untrusted input before including it in a response header name or value.

Fixed Versions

  • 41.0.3
  • 40.8.3
  • 39.8.3
  • 38.8.6

For more information

If there are any questions or comments about this advisory, send an email to security@electronjs.org

Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
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  "aliases": [
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    "nvd_published_at": "2026-04-04T00:16:17Z",
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  "details": "### Impact\nApps that register custom protocol handlers via `protocol.handle()` / `protocol.registerSchemesAsPrivileged()` or modify response headers via `webRequest.onHeadersReceived` may be vulnerable to HTTP response header injection if attacker-controlled input is reflected into a response header name or value.\n\nAn attacker who can influence a header value may be able to inject additional response headers, affecting cookies, content security policy, or cross-origin access controls.\n\nApps that do not reflect external input into response headers are not affected.\n\n### Workarounds\nValidate or sanitize any untrusted input before including it in a response header name or value.\n\n### Fixed Versions\n* `41.0.3`\n* `40.8.3`\n* `39.8.3`\n* `38.8.6`\n\n### For more information\nIf there are any questions or comments about this advisory, send an email to [security@electronjs.org](mailto:security@electronjs.org)",
  "id": "GHSA-4p4r-m79c-wq3v",
  "modified": "2026-04-06T23:10:30Z",
  "published": "2026-04-03T02:37:24Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  ],
  "summary": "Electron: HTTP Response Header Injection in custom protocol handlers and webRequest"
}



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