CVE-2026-115570
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-299
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
EPSS moved from 0.5% on 24 October 2026 to 0.4% on 26 October 2026.
References
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/093583c71be71c85453e6e225137bf2af755fbcc
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/1d2f13b1985444a38abf389db38228ac42f5bcad
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/817c43f925677eb88034bfba4f0b8dfd28e7ad20
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/e02265be96c5e13ae43644ef482b718e1e800499
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/55127
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/55128
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/55129
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/55130
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.11.16
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v43.8.1
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v44.9.1
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v45.0.0-beta.6
- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p9
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.