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SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-9w97-2464-8783)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439777

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, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that allow downloads and
 programmatically destroy sessions may be vulnerable to a use-after-free. If a session is torn down while a
 native save-file dialog is open for a download, dismissing the dialog dereferences freed memory, which may
 lead to a crash or memory corruption. Apps that do not destroy sessions at runtime, or that do not permit
 downloads, are not affected. This issue has been patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and
 41.0.0-beta.8. (CVE-2026-34772)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9w97-2464-8783

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439777

Version: Revision 1.11

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-34772

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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-2026-34772

cwe: CWE-416