SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-4f78-qhmw-8j8m)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445702

Description

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

CVE-2026-70609

Solution

Update the electron library and its related packages to version 39.8.7 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4f78-qhmw-8j8m

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445702

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/5/2026

Updated: 8/5/2026

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-70609

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 8/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-70609