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SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-vmqv-hx8q-j7mg)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435187

Description

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

 - Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. In
 versions below 35.7.5, 36.0.0-alpha.1 through 36.8.0, 37.0.0-alpha.1 through 37.3.1 and 38.0.0-alpha.1
 through 38.0.0-beta.6, ASAR Integrity Bypass via resource modification. This only impacts apps that have
 the embeddedAsarIntegrityValidation and onlyLoadAppFromAsar fuses enabled. Apps without these fuses
 enabled are not impacted. This issue is fixed in versions 35.7.5, 36.8.1, 37.3.1 and 38.0.0-beta.6.
 (CVE-2025-55305)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vmqv-hx8q-j7mg

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 435187

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.46

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-55305

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-55305