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SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-r4w5-6pfg-jxp5)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445693

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 40.10.6, 41.9.1, 42.5.1, and 43.0.0, when a custom protocol handler returned a ProtocolResponse
 with a url and no session, Electron made the upstream request through defaultSession instead of the
 session that handled the protocol. A cached response could then be reused across otherwise isolated
 session partitions. Apps that use ProtocolResponse.url, omit ProtocolResponse.session, and rely on
 separate sessions to isolate content are affected. This issue is fixed in versions 40.10.6, 41.9.1,
 42.5.1, and 43.0.0. (CVE-2026-70606)

Solution

Update the electron library and its related packages to version 40.10.6 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r4w5-6pfg-jxp5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445693

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/5/2026

Updated: 8/5/2026

Risk Information

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-70606

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/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: 8/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-70606

cwe: CWE-668