GHSA-hq2x-r82h-9wj4
Electron drops inherited HTML sandbox restrictions for popups opened through OpenURLFromTab
Quick fix
GHSA-hq2x-r82h-9wj4 — electron: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
npm install electron@41.10.4Details
### Impact
Popups opened from a sandboxed iframe through a link (for example `target="_blank"` or a middle-click) did not inherit the iframe's HTML `sandbox` restrictions. Content that was meant to run sandboxed could open a popup with the embedding app's full origin, gaining access to that origin's cookies, storage, and same-origin scripting.
Apps are only affected if they embed untrusted content in iframes sandboxed with `allow-scripts allow-popups`. Apps that do not embed untrusted content in sandboxed iframes are not affected.
### Workarounds
Use `setWindowOpenHandler` on the parent `WebContents` to deny or constrain popups opened from sandboxed frames, or do not apply `allow-popups` to sandboxed iframes that render untrusted content.
### Fixed Versions
* `43.0.0` * `42.5.2` * `41.10.4`
### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [security@electronjs.org](mailto:security@electronjs.org)
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Affected packages
References
- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-hq2x-r82h-9wj4[WEB]
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/52133[WEB]
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/7ea14d5f55ecb11a30447701ddca16b3feee0bba[WEB]
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/e26b2640e7795c42bfb111b76009cbb4327c9a69[WEB]
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/ebe1165ee2b05c203c26dd2244ef1c5b9b1c04da[WEB]
- https://github.com/electron/electron[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v41.10.4[WEB]
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.5.2[WEB]
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.0.0[WEB]