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SCA: security update for electron (GHSA-v93f-fgjr-hjrj)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445706

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, some window options supplied by web content in the
 window.open() features string were applied to the new BrowserWindow without an allowlist. Untrusted
 content could set window options it should not control, including options that cause the main process to
 access attacker-chosen file or network paths, when untrusted content can call window.open() and the app
 does not override child window options via setWindowOpenHandler or overrideBrowserWindowOptions. This
 issue is fixed in 39.8.8, 40.9.0, 41.2.1, and 42.0.0-beta.3. (CVE-2026-70607)

Solution

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

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v93f-fgjr-hjrj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 445706

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-70607

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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-2026-70607

cwe: CWE-20