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SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-4f78-qhmw-8j8m)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445702

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 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, and 42.0.0-beta.1, the mode option of webContents.openDevTools() was not
 sanitized before use by the DevTools frontend. If an attacker can influence this value, script under their
 control may run in the DevTools context, which in unsandboxed configurations has access to Node.js,
 including when untrusted input reaches the mode argument of openDevTools() or untrusted content calls
 openDevTools() on a webview it embeds. This issue is fixed in 39.8.7, 40.9.0, 41.2.0, and 42.0.0-beta.1.
 (CVE-2026-70609)

Solution

Update the electron library and its related packages to version 39.8.7 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4f78-qhmw-8j8m

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445702

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: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-70609

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/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-2026-70609