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TI-2026-79970 Aliases CVE-2026-115570GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9

Electron does not block compromised eMudhra intermediate certificates

Priority LOW 35CWE-299Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Electron versions from 45.0.0-alpha.1 before 45.0.0-beta.6, from 44.0.0-alpha.1 before 44.9.1, from 43.0.0-alpha.1 before 43.8.1, and before 42.11.16 are affected. Electron does not block compromised eMudhra intermediate certificates in Chromium networking or Node.js TLS, which is a missing revocation check (CWE-299). An attacker holding a certificate from one of these intermediates who can intercept traffic can impersonate a TLS server to an affected application.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

Description from the CNA

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 42.11.16, 43.8.1, 44.9.1, and 45.0.0-beta.6, Electron does not block compromised eMudhra intermediate certificates in Chromium networking, Node.js tls, Node.js https, or Node.js fetch. An attacker who holds a certificate issued through one of these intermediates and can intercept network traffic can impersonate a TLS server to an affected application. This issue is fixed in versions 42.11.16, 43.8.1, 44.9.1, and 45.0.0-beta.6.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00377 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed electron (electron): 45.0.0-beta.6, 44.9.1, 43.8.1 +1electron (npm): 45.0.0-beta.6, 44.9.1, 43.8.1 +1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
electronelectron45.0.0-alpha.1 to before 45.0.0-beta.6; 44.0.0-alpha.1 to before 44.9.1; 43.0.0-alpha.1 to before 43.8.1; before 42.11.1645.0.0-beta.6, 44.9.1, 43.8.1, 42.11.16Patch availableCNA
—electron (npm)45.0.0-alpha.1 to before 45.0.0-beta.645.0.0-beta.6Patch availableGHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9
—electron (npm)44.0.0-alpha.1 to before 44.9.144.9.1Patch availableGHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9
—electron (npm)43.0.0-alpha.1 to before 43.8.143.8.1Patch availableGHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9
—electron (npm)before 42.11.1642.11.16Patch availableGHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9
  • electron Vendorelectron Affected 45.0.0-alpha.1 to before 45.0.0-beta.6; 44.0.0-alpha.1 to before 44.9.1; 43.0.0-alpha.1 to before 43.8.1; before 42.11.16 Fixed in 45.0.0-beta.6, 44.9.1, 43.8.1, 42.11.16 Patch available CNA
  • electron (npm) Vendor— Affected 45.0.0-alpha.1 to before 45.0.0-beta.6 Fixed in 45.0.0-beta.6 Patch available GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9
  • electron (npm) Vendor— Affected 44.0.0-alpha.1 to before 44.9.1 Fixed in 44.9.1 Patch available GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9
  • electron (npm) Vendor— Affected 43.0.0-alpha.1 to before 43.8.1 Fixed in 43.8.1 Patch available GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9
  • electron (npm) Vendor— Affected before 42.11.16 Fixed in 42.11.16 Patch available GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Electronjs
  • cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Electronjs

Remediation

Update Electron to 42.11.16 for the 42 line, 43.8.1 for the 43 line, 44.9.1 for the 44 line, or 45.0.0-beta.6 for the 45 line.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

  • Fix · CNA electron (electron) Fixed in 45.0.0-beta.6, 44.9.1, 43.8.1, 42.11.16
  • Fix · GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9 electron (npm) Fixed in 45.0.0-beta.6 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9 electron (npm) Fixed in 44.9.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9 electron (npm) Fixed in 43.8.1 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9 electron (npm) Fixed in 42.11.16 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-23 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-115570
  2. 2026-10-23 Alias added: GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9
  3. 2026-10-23 Fix available: npm/[email protected], npm/[email protected], npm/[email protected] +1 · GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9
  4. 2026-10-23 CVSS score added · GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9
  5. 2026-10-23 Weakness changed · GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9
  6. 2026-10-23 14 new references · GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9
  7. 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  8. 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat

References

Other 14

  • TI-2026-39496 Information disclosure in electron-builder CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2024-26621 Code Signing Bypass on Windows in electron-updater < 6.3.0-alpha.6 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-09452 Content-Secrity-Policy disabling eval not applied consistently in renderers with sandbox disabled in Electron CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-39157 Electron: Buffer performs incorrect byte length calculations resulting in heap buffer under/overflow CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2017-09308 GitHub Electron before 1.6.8 allows remote command execution because of a nodeIntegration… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2022-11788 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in Electron CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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