01 Record
CVE-2026-102672
Electron: Local race condition in Squirrel.Mac update installation on macOS
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score6.7 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Electron: Local race condition in Squirrel.Mac update installation on macOS
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 0.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-13 15:52Z16 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-13 20:22Z15 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-29
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race ConditionBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- f08a9340d5c29b6009ecf7082f37320b79e87bc1bd11b1a43a9328222075d87e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-vv43-5jgx-7qv8
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50745
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/commit/01faabfc250801a980fc94d64608046c67fc1cd9
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/commit/15e2928a5c5f01759107b414010e220d90d59cef
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/commit/a0f9ff4cc0340545008424232d49caadd9c0c767
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/commit/b8f25c4cedb2e0f5f475912b709aba19c57c26be
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v39.8.10
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v41.10.5
- github.comhttps://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.0.0-beta.2