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SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-p2jh-44qj-pf2v)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417227

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The Electron framework enables writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
 In versions prior to 21.0.0-beta.1, 20.0.1, 19.0.11, and 18.3.7, Electron is vulnerable to Exposure of
 Sensitive Information. When following a redirect, Electron delays a check for redirecting to file:// URLs
 from other schemes. The contents of the file is not available to the renderer following the redirect, but
 if the redirect target is a SMB URL such as `file://some.website.com/`, then in some cases, Windows will
 connect to that server and attempt NTLM authentication, which can include sending hashed credentials.This
 issue has been patched in versions: 21.0.0-beta.1, 20.0.1, 19.0.11, and 18.3.7. Users are recommended to
 upgrade to the latest stable version of Electron. If upgrading isn't possible, this issue can be addressed
 without upgrading by preventing redirects to file:// URLs in the `WebContents.on('will-redirect')` event,
 for all WebContents as a workaround. (CVE-2022-36077)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p2jh-44qj-pf2v

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417227

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-36077

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-36077