Electron 12 lifecycle
Current status
Electron 12 is currently in standard support.
Security: 15 tracked advisories affecting this line · 1 in CISA KEV. Details below — lifecycle and vulnerability status are separate.
Official lifecycle source: Electron npm releases
- Support phase
- standard support
- End of life
- Not officially published
- Latest release
- 12.0.1
- Released
- 10 Mar 2021
At a glance
- Version line
- 12
- Initial release
- 2 Mar 2021
- Lifecycle phase
- standard support
- Latest stable
- 12.0.1
- Latest release date
- 10 Mar 2021
- EOL
- Not officially published
- Risk
- low
- Releases tracked
- 26
Lifecycle timeline
Phases from published LifecyclePeriod records. Missing phases are not inferred.
Release
2 Mar 2021
standard supportcurrent
2 Mar 2021 → —
Source: Electron npm releases
Electron 12 is currently in standard support.
Upgrade options
Newer supported Electron version lines from CompatHub lifecycle data. Compatibility and security context use existing evidence only.
You are on Electron 12
Supported
Supported upgrade options
- Electron 44Upgrade planner →Supported· 32 major versions newer
- Electron 43Upgrade planner →Supported· 31 major versions newer
- Electron 42Upgrade planner →Supported· 30 major versions newer
Known exploited vulnerabilities
CVE entries that CISA lists in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, including due dates and ransomware use when published. CVSS shown when NVD enrichment is available.
- CVE-2023-5217GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8gKnown exploited
Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Electron affected by libvpx's heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding
- CISA KEV:
- listed · added 2023-10-02 · due 2023-10-23
- Required action:
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- CVSS:
- 8.8 (high) · NVD
- CWE:
- CWE-787
- Affected:
- <22.3.25
- Fixed in:
- 22.3.25
- Source:
- OSV source · Advisory · CISA KEV
Security
Advisories affecting Electron 12 (OSV.dev evidence). Known exploited status, due dates, and ransomware use from CISA KEV when matched.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 15
- Known exploited
- 1
- Highest CVSS
- 8.8
- CVE-2023-5217GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8gKnown exploited
Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Electron affected by libvpx's heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding
- CISA KEV:
- listed · added 2023-10-02 · due 2023-10-23
- Required action:
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- CVSS:
- 8.8 (high) · NVD
- CWE:
- CWE-787
- Affected:
- <22.3.25
- Fixed in:
- 22.3.25
- Source:
- OSV source · Advisory · CISA KEV
- CVE-2026-70608GHSA-9f4c-93c8-jc8g
Electron: Sandboxed iframe can bypass the allow-popups restriction via the OpenURL navigation path
- CVSS:
- 7.2 (high) · NVD
- CWE:
- CWE-1021, CWE-693
- Affected:
- <39.8.10
- Fixed in:
- 39.8.10
- Source:
- OSV source
- CVE-2026-70609GHSA-4f78-qhmw-8j8m
Electron: DevTools JavaScript Injection via Unsanitized Dock State Parameter
- CVSS:
- 5.7 (moderate) · NVD
- CWE:
- CWE-116, CWE-94
- Affected:
- <39.8.7
- Fixed in:
- 39.8.7
- Source:
- OSV source
- CVE-2026-70612GHSA-p2rr-rvmm-c5fp
Electron: Sandboxed iframes can launch external protocol handlers
- Affected:
- <39.8.8
- Fixed in:
- 39.8.8
- Source:
- OSV source
- CVE-2026-70611GHSA-f2r8-jv7c-xqmp
Electron: DevTools embedder handler executes arbitrary files via shell open
- Affected:
- <39.8.9
- Fixed in:
- 39.8.9
- Source:
- OSV source
- CVE-2026-70610GHSA-ff2p-hmqr-hxm4
Electron: contextBridge object copy honors prototype setters
- Affected:
- <39.8.9
- Fixed in:
- 39.8.9
- Source:
- OSV source
- CVE-2026-70607GHSA-v93f-fgjr-hjrj
Electron: window.open features string controls some window options considered privileged
- Affected:
- <39.8.8
- Fixed in:
- 39.8.8
- Source:
- OSV source
- CVE-2026-70605GHSA-v64r-4m7r-3mvq
Electron: HTTP redirect followed into local file loader
- Affected:
- <39.8.8
- Fixed in:
- 39.8.8
- Source:
- OSV source
- CVE-2026-70604GHSA-v3j7-r9gq-3gjw
Electron: Custom protocol with supportFetchAPI but not corsEnabled allows cross-origin reads
- Affected:
- <39.8.10
- Fixed in:
- 39.8.10
- Source:
- OSV source
- CVE-2026-70602GHSA-m55f-7gqj-fr98
Electron: Extension tab APIs operate across session boundaries
- Affected:
- <39.8.8
- Fixed in:
- 39.8.8
- Source:
- OSV source
- CVE-2026-70603GHSA-5c9j-mhmv-5xgx
Electron: shell.openPath path validation bypass via embedded null byte
- Affected:
- <39.8.6
- Fixed in:
- 39.8.6
- Source:
- OSV source
- CVE-2026-70601GHSA-h7rp-cf8h-j98x
Electron: Context isolation bypass via Function.prototype.bind hijack
- Affected:
- <39.8.9
- Fixed in:
- 39.8.9
- Source:
- OSV source
- CVE-2026-70600GHSA-x8rc-wpg4-grpf
Electron: Cross-origin iframe can position native autofill popup
- Affected:
- <39.8.8
- Fixed in:
- 39.8.8
- Source:
- OSV source
- CVE-2026-70599GHSA-9pf5-hg6p-4pwp
Electron: Permission Check Handler Receives Main Frame Origin Instead of Requesting Iframe Origin
- Affected:
- <39.8.7
- Fixed in:
- 39.8.7
- Source:
- OSV source
- CVE-2026-70598GHSA-pfmc-3mgc-p6fp
Electron: Off-screen rendering trusts GPU-supplied geometry over shared-memory size
- Affected:
- <39.8.10
- Fixed in:
- 39.8.10
- Source:
- OSV source
Latest release
Previous releases
12.0.2
24 Mar 2021
12.0.3
13 Apr 2021
12.0.0
2 Mar 2021
Release history
26 concrete releases tracked for this line.
| Version | Release date | Channel | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.0.0 | 2 Mar 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.1 | 10 Mar 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.2 | 24 Mar 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.3 | 13 Apr 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.4 | 13 Apr 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.5 | 21 Apr 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.6 | 30 Apr 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.7 | 7 May 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.8 | 17 May 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.9 | 19 May 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.10 | 3 Jun 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.11 | 9 Jun 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.12 | 21 Jun 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.13 | 29 Jun 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.14 | 6 Jul 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.15 | 15 Jul 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.16 | 3 Aug 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.17 | 18 Aug 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.0.18 | 27 Aug 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.1.0 | 31 Aug 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.1.1 | 13 Sept 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.1.2 | 20 Sept 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.2.0 | 28 Sept 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.2.1 | 30 Sept 2021 | stable | Source |
| 12.2.2 | 11 Oct 2021 | stable | Source |
Release activity
- Total releases
- 26
- Last 30 days
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 0
- Avg. interval
- ~10 days
- Most recent
- 10 Mar 2021
Should I use this version?
Suitable for new deployments
Electron 12 is currently supported (standard support).
Version comparison
Compact comparison against the nearest relevant release lines.
Sources
Where this information comes from.
Lifecycle sources
- Electron npm releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://www.npmjs.com/package/electron
Last verified 2 Sept 2026
- OSV.devfirst party
Official source: https://osv.dev
Verification time not recorded
- NVD (NIST)first party
Official source: https://nvd.nist.gov
Verification time not recorded
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitiesfirst party
Official source: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
Verification time not recorded
Release sources
- Electron npm releasesfirst party · high confidence
Official source: https://www.npmjs.com/package/electron
Last verified 2 Sept 2026
Data coverage
Last checked = last successful upstream check. Latest source update = when upstream content last changed.
- Releases tracked
- 26
- Lifecycle periods
- 1
- EOL
- Not officially published
- Provenance records
- 2
- Data last checked
- 2 Sept 2026
- Latest source update
- 2 Sept 2026
EOL: Not officially published