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HIGH 7.2

GHSA-9f4c-93c8-jc8g

Electron: Sandboxed iframe can bypass the allow-popups restriction via the OpenURL navigation path

Quick fix

GHSA-9f4c-93c8-jc8g — electron: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install electron@42.0.1

Details

### Impact A sandboxed iframe without the `allow-popups` keyword could still open a new window (or trigger `setWindowOpenHandler`) with no user interaction, because new-window navigations taking the OpenURL path did not apply the iframe sandbox popup restriction.

Apps that embed untrusted content in sandboxed iframes and rely on the absence of `allow-popups` to prevent window creation are affected. Apps that deny window creation in `setWindowOpenHandler`, or that do not embed untrusted content in sandboxed iframes, are not affected.

### Workarounds Return `{ action: 'deny' }` from `setWindowOpenHandler` for any content you do not trust, rather than relying on the iframe sandbox alone.

### Fixed Versions * `42.0.1` * `41.10.3` * `39.8.10`

### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Electron at [security@electronjs.org](mailto:security@electronjs.org)

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Affected packages

npm / electron
Introduced in: 42.0.0-alpha.1 Fixed in: 42.0.1
Fix npm install electron@42.0.1
npm / electron
Introduced in: 40.0.0-alpha.1 Fixed in: 41.10.3
Fix npm install electron@41.10.3
npm / electron
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 39.8.10
Fix npm install electron@39.8.10

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