{"action":"Upgrade electron to 39.8.9 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"39.8.9","introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"40.9.2","introduced":"40.0.0-alpha.1"},{"fixed":"41.2.1","introduced":"41.0.0-alpha.1"},{"fixed":"42.0.0-beta.3","introduced":"42.0.0-alpha.1"}],"component":"electron","cve_ids":["CVE-2026-70611"],"ecosystem":"npm","epss":0.00186,"exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["39.8.9","40.9.2","41.2.1","42.0.0-beta.3"],"ghsa_id":"GHSA-f2r8-jv7c-xqmp","id":"tcs_01M5KFM7H7VED0KRXGPF93AQAG","modified_at":"2026-08-05T18:11:04.120931Z","published_at":"2026-08-05T17:49:14Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-f2r8-jv7c-xqmp","https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-f2r8-jv7c-xqmp","https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50937","https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50938","https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51114","https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/51115","https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/10fb5b39c5287f70c4bbcab4c24197f3871ec322","https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/27bf1cae9274d5025684c7268496f435b7e06b44","https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/7a1eb7e5585991b3726cedb890a6244f327f43de","https://github.com/electron/electron","https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v39.8.9","https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v40.9.2","https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v41.2.1","https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.0.0-beta.3"],"severity":{"label":"medium","score":6.9},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"GHSA-f2r8-jv7c-xqmp","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-f2r8-jv7c-xqmp"}],"summary":"Electron: DevTools embedder handler executes arbitrary files via shell open"}