CefSharp v86.0.241 Release Notes
Release Date: 2020-11-27 // almost 4 years ago-
November 27, 2020, CEF 86.0.24+g85e79d4+chromium-86.0.4240.198 / Chromium 86.0.4240.198
- CEF now supports the Chromium Network Service : If you are upgrading from a version prior to
75.1.x
please make sure you read #2743. - Visual C++ 2015 or greater is required, see
Notes
below for more information
๐ โ ๏ธ Critical Security Update
While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information, no guarantee is given nor responsibility taken for errors or omissions in the list of security exploits listed here. For the definitive source of information please refer to the Chrome Releases Blog for official announcements from
Google
. Only security exploits that are currently listed as in the wild at time this release was published are listed here. Review the official release announcements fromGoogle Chrome
for a full list of security exploits.๐ See https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html and https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
There are no details available to the public yet
Google
is aware of reports that exploits for CVE-2020-16013, CVE-2020-16017 and CVE-2020-16009 exist in the wild. At time of writing these are the exploitsGoogle
is aware of reports๐ See the following for full list of security fixes
- ๐ https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- ๐ https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_20.html
- ๐ https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html
- ๐ https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html
๐ Change Log
- โก๏ธ Includes updated
Chromium
version which includes security fixes for CVE-2020-16013
and CVE-2020-16017
๐ For a complete list of changes see the 86.0.x Milestone.
๐ฑ โน๏ธ Notes
- ๐
CefSharp
requires a minimum ofVisual C++ 2015
. See #1983 for details. You can bin deploy theVC++
dependencies, read theFAQ
for more details.VC++ 2017/2019
are backwards compatible. For a list of files included in the packages see https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/wiki/Output-files-description-table-%28Redistribution%29 - โก๏ธ
Chromium
has removed support forWindows XP
,Windows Vista
,Windows Server 2003
andWindows Server 2008
. See https://chrome.googleblog.com/2015/11/updates-to-chrome-platform-support.html - Starting in June 2019 Google will block logins from CEF based browsers to Google Services, this includes Gmail, Drive, Docs, see https://security.googleblog.com/2019/04/better-protection-against-man-in-middle.html?m=1 for further discussion see https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/embedder-dev/STyM5ZNTHMM/POj1v_cqBgAJ
- ๐ Due to licensing issues default builds do not support proprietary codecs like
H264/AAC
, sites likeNetflix/Twitter/Instagram/Facebook
won't play video/audio. See #1479 for more info.MP3
audio is supported,MP4
video is not. - Anyone new to
CefSharp
should read the General Usage Guide - ๐ This project uses
GitLink
for better debugging, you can step directly into much of the project source directly fromVisual Studio
see #1680 for details on how to enableGitLink
๐ฑ โ ๏ธ Known Issues
- ๐
WinForms
when running onWindows 10 Anniversary
pressing certain key combinations freezes the browser see #1822 The issue has been reportedupstream
, there are workarounds listed in #1822 - ๐
Save as PDF
is not working when viewing PDF with Print Preview enabled see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2867/save-as-pdf-is-not-working-in-pdf-viewer - ๐ป
WPF
touch scroll aborted if browser navigates within document https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2936/osr-touch-scrolling-initiated-by-touch - ๐
Fonts
incorrectly loaded onWin7
see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2858/fonts-not-loading-look-wrong-on-windows-7 - ๐
window.focus()
does not bring popup window to front see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2931/windowfocus-does-not-bring-the-window-to - ๐ OnProtocolExecution Page goes blank after link click see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2715/onprotocolexecution-page-goes-blank-after
- ๐ Crash on Win10 when computer wakes from sleep see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2924/crash-on-libcef-when-windows-10-wakes-from
- Background colour cannot be override for popups see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2482/background_color-cannot-be-overridden-for
- ๐ WPF Browser goes blank if used in combination with TabControl see #2779
- ๐
CefSettings.IgnoreCertificateErrors
no longer works, use theignore-certificate-errors
command line arg as a workaround or alternatively useOnCertificateError
to selectively allow a certificate and/or display a dialog to your users see https://stackoverflow.com/a/35564187/852806 for an example. - ๐ See https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues?status=new&status=open for other known issues
- ๐ See https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aknown-issue for other known issues
๐ฑ โ ๏ธ Breaking Changes โ ๏ธ
- ๐
IPopupFeatures
properties are now nullable see #3270 for details - ๐
DevToolsClient
domain classes append Client suffic, see #3287
- ๐ For
Network Service API
changes see #2743 - All paths (CachePath, BrowserSubProcessPath, etc) must be absolute paths, if using a non-absolute path an exception will be throw. See #3102 for details.
- When using a
RequestContext
you must ensure that RequestContextSettings.CachePath is equal to or a child of CefSettings.RootCachePath See #3111 (comment) for details - 0๏ธโฃ
Adobe Flash
is disabled by default, it can be re-enabled if required #3048
โฑ (Flash support is scheduled to be removed from Chromium) - ๐ Migrating from ResourceHandler.GetMimeType to Cef.GetMimeType for mimeType mapping see #3041
- CEF now supports the Chromium Network Service : If you are upgrading from a version prior to
Previous changes from v86.0.240-pre
-
November 20, 2020, CEF 86.0.24+g85e79d4+chromium-86.0.4240.198 / Chromium 86.0.4240.198
- CEF now supports the Chromium Network Service : If you are upgrading from a version prior to
75.1.x
please make sure you read #2743. - Visual C++ 2015 or greater is required, see
Notes
below for more information
๐ โ ๏ธ Critical Security Update
๐ See https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html
There are no details available to the public yetGoogle is aware of reports that exploits for CVE-2020-16013 and CVE-2020-16017 exist in the wild.
๐ Change Log
- โก๏ธ Includes updated
Chromium
version which includes security fixes for CVE-2020-16013
and CVE-2020-16017
๐ For a complete list of changes see the 86.0.x Milestone.
๐ฑ โน๏ธ Notes
- ๐
CefSharp
requires a minimum ofVisual C++ 2015
. See #1983 for details. You can bin deploy theVC++
dependencies, read theFAQ
for more details.VC++ 2017/2019
are backwards compatible. For a list of files included in the packages see https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/wiki/Output-files-description-table-%28Redistribution%29 - โก๏ธ
Chromium
has removed support forWindows XP
,Windows Vista
,Windows Server 2003
andWindows Server 2008
. See https://chrome.googleblog.com/2015/11/updates-to-chrome-platform-support.html - Starting in June 2019 Google will block logins from CEF based browsers to Google Services, this includes Gmail, Drive, Docs, see https://security.googleblog.com/2019/04/better-protection-against-man-in-middle.html?m=1 for further discussion see https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msg/embedder-dev/STyM5ZNTHMM/POj1v_cqBgAJ
- ๐ Due to licensing issues default builds do not support proprietary codecs like
H264/AAC
, sites likeNetflix/Twitter/Instagram/Facebook
won't play video/audio. See #1479 for more info.MP3
audio is supported,MP4
video is not. - Anyone new to
CefSharp
should read the General Usage Guide - ๐ This project uses
GitLink
for better debugging, you can step directly into much of the project source directly fromVisual Studio
see #1680 for details on how to enableGitLink
๐ฑ โ ๏ธ Known Issues
- ๐
WinForms
when running onWindows 10 Anniversary
pressing certain key combinations freezes the browser see #1822 The issue has been reportedupstream
, there are workarounds listed in #1822 - ๐
Save as PDF
is not working when viewing PDF with Print Preview enabled see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2867/save-as-pdf-is-not-working-in-pdf-viewer - ๐ป
WPF
touch scroll aborted if browser navigates within document https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2936/osr-touch-scrolling-initiated-by-touch - ๐
Fonts
incorrectly loaded onWin7
see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2858/fonts-not-loading-look-wrong-on-windows-7 - ๐
window.focus()
does not bring popup window to front see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2931/windowfocus-does-not-bring-the-window-to - ๐ OnProtocolExecution Page goes blank after link click see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2715/onprotocolexecution-page-goes-blank-after
- ๐ Crash on Win10 when computer wakes from sleep see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2924/crash-on-libcef-when-windows-10-wakes-from
- Background colour cannot be override for popups see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/2482/background_color-cannot-be-overridden-for
- ๐ WPF Browser goes blank if used in combination with TabControl see #2779
- ๐
CefSettings.IgnoreCertificateErrors
no longer works, use theignore-certificate-errors
command line arg as a workaround or alternatively useOnCertificateError
to selectively allow a certificate and/or display a dialog to your users see https://stackoverflow.com/a/35564187/852806 for an example. - ๐ See https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues?status=new&status=open for other known issues
- ๐ See https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aknown-issue for other known issues
๐ฑ โ ๏ธ Breaking Changes โ ๏ธ
- ๐
IPopupFeatures
properties are now nullable see #3270 for details - ๐
DevToolsClient
domain classes append Client suffic, see #3287
- ๐ For
Network Service API
changes see #2743 - All paths (CachePath, BrowserSubProcessPath, etc) must be absolute paths, if using a non-absolute path an exception will be throw. See #3102 for details.
- When using a
RequestContext
you must ensure that RequestContextSettings.CachePath is equal to or a child of CefSettings.RootCachePath See #3111 (comment) for details - 0๏ธโฃ
Adobe Flash
is disabled by default, it can be re-enabled if required #3048
โฑ (Flash support is scheduled to be removed from Chromium) - ๐ Migrating from ResourceHandler.GetMimeType to Cef.GetMimeType for mimeType mapping see #3041
- CEF now supports the Chromium Network Service : If you are upgrading from a version prior to