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MEDIUM 5.4

GHSA-p2rr-rvmm-c5fp

Electron: Sandboxed iframes can launch external protocol handlers

Quick fix

GHSA-p2rr-rvmm-c5fp — electron: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install electron@39.8.8

Details

### Impact Requests to open external protocol URLs from web content did not take iframe sandbox restrictions into account, so a sandboxed iframe could cause an OS-registered external application to be launched. The frame's sandbox state was also not made available to the app's permission handlers.

Apps are only affected if they render untrusted content in sandboxed iframes and grant the `openExternal` permission (granted by default when no `setPermissionRequestHandler` is installed). Apps whose permission handler denies `openExternal` for untrusted content are not affected.

### Workarounds Install a `setPermissionRequestHandler` that denies the `openExternal` permission for untrusted content.

### Fixed Versions * `42.0.0-beta.3` * `41.2.1` * `40.9.0` * `39.8.8`

### 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: 0 Fixed in: 39.8.8
Fix npm install electron@39.8.8
npm / electron
Introduced in: 40.0.0-alpha.1 Fixed in: 40.9.0
Fix npm install electron@40.9.0
npm / electron
Introduced in: 41.0.0-alpha.1 Fixed in: 41.2.1
Fix npm install electron@41.2.1
npm / electron
Introduced in: 42.0.0-alpha.1 Fixed in: 42.0.0-beta.3
Fix npm install electron@42.0.0-beta.3

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