CVE-2026-115570 Electron - Man-in-the-Middle

Electron < 42.11.16, 43.8.1, 44.9.1, and 45.0.0-beta.6 contains a TLS impersonation vulnerability caused by failure to block compromised eMudhra intermediate certificates in Chromium networking and Node.js components, letting attackers intercept and impersonate TLS servers, exploit requires attacker to hold a certificate issued by compromised intermediates and intercept network traffic.

CVSS base score 7.4 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
EPSS
0.48% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Man-in-the-Middle
Impact
Man In The Middle, Information Disclosure
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Published
23 October 2026
Updated
25 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-299

Vendor fix

Update to versions 42.11.16, 43.8.1, 44.9.1, 45.0.0-beta.6 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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