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SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-m55f-7gqj-fr98)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445696

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, extension tab and scripting APIs were not scoped to
 the extension's own session. A malicious or compromised extension loaded into one session could navigate,
 script, and read from windows belonging to a different session. Apps are only affected if they load Chrome
 extensions via session.loadExtension and rely on separate sessions to isolate that extension from other
 content. This issue is fixed in versions 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3. (CVE-2026-70602)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m55f-7gqj-fr98

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445696

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: 3.9

Percentile: 52.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-70602

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/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-2026-70602

cwe: CWE-284