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SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-hq2x-r82h-9wj4)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 448465

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 41.10.4, 42.5.2, and 43.0.0, popups opened from a sandboxed iframe through Electron's
 OpenURLFromTab navigation path, including links using target="_blank" or a middle-click, did not receive
 the inherited HTML sandbox restrictions. An untrusted iframe using the allow-scripts allow-popups
 configuration could therefore open a popup with the embedding application's full origin, exposing that
 origin's cookies, storage, and same-origin scripting capabilities. Applications that do not embed
 untrusted content in sandboxed iframes are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 41.10.4, 42.5.2,
 and 43.0.0. (CVE-2026-102673)

Solution

Update the electron library and its related packages to version 41.10.4 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hq2x-r82h-9wj4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 448465

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/29/2026

Updated: 9/29/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.44

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-102673

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/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: 9/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-102673