CVE-2026-70609 | Electron up to 39.8.6/40.8.x/41.1.x/42.0.0-beta.0 DevTools webContents.openDevTools mode sandbox

A vulnerability has been found in Electron up to 39.8.6/40.8.x/41.1.x/42.0.0-beta.0 and classified as critical. Impacted is the function webContents.openDevTools of the component DevTools. This manipulation of the argument mode causes sandbox issue.

This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-70609. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

The affected component should be upgraded.VulDB Recent EntriesRead More