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MEDIUM 5.9

GHSA-4p4r-m79c-wq3v

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](mailto:security@electronjs.org)

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Affected packages

npm / electron
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 38.8.6
Fix npm install electron@38.8.6
npm / electron
Introduced in: 39.0.0-alpha.1 Fixed in: 39.8.3
Fix npm install electron@39.8.3
npm / electron
Introduced in: 40.0.0-alpha.1 Fixed in: 40.8.3
Fix npm install electron@40.8.3
npm / electron
Introduced in: 41.0.0-alpha.1 Fixed in: 41.0.3
Fix npm install electron@41.0.3

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