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SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439767

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.
 Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, on macOS, app.moveToApplicationsFolder() used
 an AppleScript fallback path that did not properly handle certain characters in the application bundle
 path. Under specific conditions, a crafted launch path could lead to arbitrary AppleScript execution when
 the user accepted the move-to-Applications prompt. Apps are only affected if they call
 app.moveToApplicationsFolder(). Apps that do not use this API are not affected. This issue has been
 patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8. (CVE-2026-34779)

Solution

Update the electron library and its related packages to version 38.8.6 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439767

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/3/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.95

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-34779

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-34779

cwe: CWE-78