SCA: security update for @electron/packager (GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 409272

Description

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

- Electron Packager bundles Electron-based application source code with a renamed Electron executable and
supporting files into folders ready for distribution. A random segment of ~1-10kb of Node.js heap memory
allocated either side of a known buffer will be leaked into the final executable. This memory _could_
contain sensitive information such as environment variables, secrets files, etc. This issue is patched in
18.3.1. (CVE-2024-29900)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-34h3-8mw4-qw57

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 409272

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.52

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-29900

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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: 3/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-29900

cwe: CWE-402