Vulnerabilities in pkg:npm/electron

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-vv43-5jgx-7qv8",
  "modified" : "2026-09-29T18:06:59Z",
  "published" : "2026-09-29T18:06:59Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-102672" ],
  "summary" : "Electron: Local race condition in Squirrel.Mac update installation on macOS",
  "details" : "### Impact\n\nOn macOS, Electron bundles the Squirrel.Mac auto-update framework, whose privileged `ShipIt` helper performs the final step of an update as root. A local attacker could cause that helper to overwrite a different application's files, as root, instead of the app that started the update. Exploitation requires local access to the machine.\n\nApps are only affected on macOS if they ship Squirrel.Mac-based auto-updates. Apps on other platforms, or that do not use Squirrel.Mac auto-updates, are not affected.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nThere are no app side workarounds, you must update to a patched version of Electron.\n\n### Fixed Versions\n\n* `42.0.0-beta.2`\n* `41.10.5`\n* `39.8.10`\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [security@electronjs.org](mailto:security@electronjs.org)",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "npm",
      "name" : "electron"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "39.8.10"
      } ]
    } ]
  }, {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "npm",
      "name" : "electron"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "40.0.0-alpha.1"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "41.10.5"
      } ]
    } ]
  }, {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "npm",
      "name" : "electron"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "42.0.0-alpha.1"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "42.0.0-beta.2"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-vv43-5jgx-7qv8"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50745"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/01faabfc250801a980fc94d64608046c67fc1cd9"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/15e2928a5c5f01759107b414010e220d90d59cef"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/a0f9ff4cc0340545008424232d49caadd9c0c767"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/b8f25c4cedb2e0f5f475912b709aba19c57c26be"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/electron/electron"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v39.8.10"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v41.10.5"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.0.0-beta.2"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-367" ],
    "severity" : "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2026-09-29T18:06:59Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : null
  }
}