GHSA-h3v5-h239-pg29 - Electron: Off-screen rendering on macOS trusts GPU-supplied frame geometry
### Impact
In offscreen rendering mode on macOS, frame data received from the GPU process was not fully validated by the main process. A compromised GPU process could cause the main process to read out-of-bounds memory while producing `paint` event images, disclosing memory or crashing the app. GHSA-pfmc-3mgc-p6fp covers the same issue on the other capture paths.
Apps are only affected if they use offscreen rendering (`webPreferences.offscreen`) on macOS and an attacker has separately gained code execution in the GPU process. Apps that do not use offscreen rendering are not affected.
### Workarounds
There are no app side workarounds, you must update to a patched version of Electron.
### Fixed Versions
* `45.0.0-alpha.9`
* `44.4.3`
* `43.7.3`
* `42.11.6`
### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [security@electronjs.org](mailto:security@electronjs.org)
LOW
Severity & confidence
Source severitylow
Platform severitylow
Confidencehigh
Exploitationunknown
CVSS3.9
Affected
Vendorselectron
Productselectron
Reporting sources (2)
GitHub Security Advisories
NIST NVD - National Vulnerability Database
Timeline & provenance
Published2026-10-22T16:44:33
Last updated2026-10-25T02:26:18
Ingested2026-10-22T16:54:35
FreshnessNEAR-REAL-TIME
Threat typeadvisory
Recommended action
Review the advisory and upgrade affected packages to the first patched version.
Next steps
- Identify affected systems in your environment.
- Apply the vendor patch or mitigation guidance.
- Review logs for indicators described in the advisory.
- Follow the affected vendor/product to track updates.
Confidence explanation
Reported by a government or cert-grade source (CISA, NCSC, NVD, ENISA, MSRC).
Source type: vendor ยท Original: GitHub Security Advisories