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SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-vv43-5jgx-7qv8)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 448464

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 39.8.10, 41.10.5, and 42.0.0-beta.2, Electron applications on macOS that use Squirrel.Mac-based
 automatic updates are vulnerable to a local race in the privileged ShipIt helper. The helper did not bind
 the validated update target to one canonical application-bundle path for the full installation, allowing a
 local attacker to redirect the root-level write so that it overwrites another application's files instead
 of the application that initiated the update. Applications on other platforms and macOS applications that
 do not use Squirrel.Mac-based automatic updates are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 39.8.10,
 41.10.5, and 42.0.0-beta.2. (CVE-2026-102672)

Solution

Update the electron library and its related packages to version 39.8.10 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vv43-5jgx-7qv8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 448464

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/29/2026

Updated: 10/14/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.35

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-102672

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/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: 9/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-102672

cwe: CWE-367