Is electron 43.7 vulnerable?

npm · 12 releases from 43.7.0 to 43.7.11 · latest electron is 45.2.1 · checked 2 Nov 2026

Yes: 1 known advisory

Yes. electron 43.7.11, the last 43.7 release, is affected by 1 known security advisory (1 high), including CVE-2026-115570. 3 more affect earlier 43.7.x releases. Upgrade to 43.8.1 or later to fix all of them.

Upgrade with:npm install electron@43.8.1

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Advisories affecting electron 43.7.11

  • HighCVE-2026-115570GHSA-jr5w-w6x2-84p923 Oct 2026

    Electron: Mitigation for compromised eMudhra intermediate certificates

    Affected
    >=45.0.0-alpha.1 <45.0.0-beta.6 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.9.1 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.8.1 · <42.11.16
    Fixed in
    42.11.16, 43.8.1, 44.9.1, 45.0.0-beta.6

Fixed within 43.7.x, affecting earlier releases

  • MediumCVE-2026-113798GHSA-x562-297c-g43g22 Oct 2026

    Electron: Pointer lock permission requests can be attributed to the wrong frame

    Affected
    >=45.0.0-alpha.1 <45.0.0-alpha.13 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.5.0 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.7.6 · <42.11.9
    Fixed in
    42.11.9, 43.7.6, 44.5.0, 45.0.0-alpha.13
  • LowCVE-2026-114122GHSA-3qxv-5xgr-q7w922 Oct 2026

    Electron: Frame subscription trusts GPU-supplied frame geometry

    Affected
    <42.11.6 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.7.3 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.4.3 · >=45.0.0-alpha.1 <45.0.0-alpha.9
    Fixed in
    42.11.6, 43.7.3, 44.4.3, 45.0.0-alpha.9
  • LowCVE-2026-114124GHSA-h3v5-h239-pg2922 Oct 2026

    Electron: Off-screen rendering on macOS trusts GPU-supplied frame geometry

    Affected
    <42.11.6 · >=43.0.0-alpha.1 <43.7.3 · >=44.0.0-alpha.1 <44.4.3 · >=45.0.0-alpha.1 <45.0.0-alpha.9
    Fixed in
    42.11.6, 43.7.3, 44.4.3, 45.0.0-alpha.9

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