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SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-56pc-6jqp-xqj8)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 410633

Description

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

 - Electron before versions 11.0.0-beta.6, 10.1.2, 9.3.1 or 8.5.2 is vulnerable to a context isolation
 bypass. Apps using both `contextIsolation` and `sandbox: true` are affected. Apps using both
 `contextIsolation` and `nodeIntegrationInSubFrames: true` are affected. This is a context isolation
 bypass, meaning that code running in the main world context in the renderer can reach into the isolated
 Electron context and perform privileged actions. (CVE-2020-15215)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-56pc-6jqp-xqj8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 410633

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-15215

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-15215