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SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-jm7p-cc5g-qwxx)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445691

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 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3, the check Electron uses on macOS to confirm it was
 launched by a same-signed parent process could be bypassed by a local process. Apps that enable fuse-based
 hardening restricting ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE and NODE_OPTIONS to same-signed parents rely on this check, and
 a local attacker could bypass it and run code inside the signed app, inheriting its TCC permissions and
 keychain access. This issue is fixed in 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3. (CVE-2026-70597)

Solution

Update the electron library and its related packages to version 39.8.8 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jm7p-cc5g-qwxx

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445691

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/5/2026

Updated: 8/6/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.61

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-70597

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/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: 8/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-70597

cwe: CWE-367