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SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-v64r-4m7r-3mvq)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445694

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, when following HTTP redirects, net.fetch() and
 net.request() did not restrict which schemes a redirect could target. A remote server could redirect a
 request to a local resource, and if the app returns or forwards the response body, local file contents
 could be disclosed. Apps are only affected if they make net requests to attacker-influenced URLs with
 redirects followed and expose the response body. This issue is fixed in versions 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1,
 and 42.0.0-beta.3. (CVE-2026-70605)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v64r-4m7r-3mvq

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445694

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-70605

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: 8/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-70605

cwe: CWE-918