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SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 477246

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 42.11.16, 43.8.1, 44.9.1, and 45.0.0-beta.6, Electron does not block compromised eMudhra
 intermediate certificates in Chromium networking, Node.js tls, Node.js https, or Node.js fetch. An
 attacker who holds a certificate issued through one of these intermediates and can intercept network
 traffic can impersonate a TLS server to an affected application. This issue is fixed in versions 42.11.16,
 43.8.1, 44.9.1, and 45.0.0-beta.6. (CVE-2026-115570)

Solution

Update the electron library and its related packages to version 42.11.16 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 477246

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/24/2026

Updated: 10/24/2026

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-115570

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/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: 10/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-115570

cwe: CWE-299