How severe is GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676?

GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 has a CVSS score of 4.2/10, rated MEDIUM. Review your exposure and patch according to your risk tolerance.

Which packages are affected by GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676?

GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 affects the following packages: electron (npm), electron (npm), electron (npm), electron (npm). Ecosystems affected: npm.

How do I fix GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676?

Update electron to 45.0.0-alpha.6 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 in my npm dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for electron, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

How do I mitigate GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

Is GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

What is the EPSS score for GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676?

GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 has an EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score of 0.2%, placing it in the 8th percentile of all CVEs. EPSS is maintained by FIRST.org and estimates the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. This score indicates relatively lower exploitation probability, though the CVSS severity should still guide your patching priority.

What type of vulnerability is GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676?

GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 is classified as Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352). This weakness type describe the underlying flaw category, which helps determine the potential impact and the right class of mitigation.

When was GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 published, and has it been updated?

GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 was published on October 22, 2026 and was last updated on October 22, 2026. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

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MEDIUM severity

Electron: SameSite cookie restrictions are not applied to windows opened from linksGHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676

MEDIUMFix: electron/electron#53721

GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.2) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in electron. A fix is available for electron — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Also known asCVE-2026-113796

Published

Oct 22, 2026

Updated

Oct 22, 2026

Affected

4 pkgs

Patched

4 / 4

Exploits

None indexed

Exploitation data as of Oct 23, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗

0.2%probability of exploitation in next 30 days

Lower Risk0.00%

Lower risk than most CVEs8th percentile — riskier than 8% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 394,803 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.

Real-World Exposure

4 pkgs affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

2Kother npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream

electronnpm

5.0Mdownloads / week

Description

Impact

Pages opened into a new window from a link were loaded as if the app itself had navigated there rather than the page that contained the link, so the request was treated as same-site: SameSite=Strict cookies were sent and Sec-Fetch-Site did not identify the initiating page. Content shown in the app could use this to make a credentialed top-level request to another site that relies on SameSite cookies as a CSRF defence.

Apps are only affected if they load untrusted content and allow it to open new windows. Apps that deny new windows from untrusted content with setWindowOpenHandler are not affected.

Workarounds

Return { action: 'deny' } from setWindowOpenHandler for windows opened by untrusted content.

Fixed Versions

45.0.0-alpha.6
44.3.0
43.7.0
42.11.3

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [email protected]

Affected Packages

4 total 4 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
📦npm	`electron`	≥ 45.0.0-alpha.1&&< 45.0.0-alpha.6	45.0.0-alpha.6`npm install electron@45.0.0-alpha.6`
📦npm	`electron`	≥ 44.0.0-alpha.1&&< 44.3.0	44.3.0`npm install electron@44.3.0`
📦npm	`electron`	≥ 43.0.0-alpha.1&&< 43.7.0	43.7.0`npm install electron@43.7.0`
📦npm	`electron`	all versions	42.11.3`npm install electron@42.11.3`

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for electron, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update electron to 45.0.0-alpha.6 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-2p8c-gr87-2676 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Impact Pages opened into a new window from a link were loaded as if the app itself had navigated there rather than the page that contained the link, so the request was treated as same-site: `SameSite=Strict` cookies were sent and `Sec-Fetch-Site` did not identify the initiating page. Content shown in the app could use this to make a credentialed top-level request to another site that relies on SameSite cookies as a CSRF defence. Apps are only affected if they load untrusted content and allow it to open new windows. Apps that deny new windows from untrusted content with `setWindowOpenHand