Electron: Mitigation for compromised eMudhra intermediate certificates
### Impact A set of eMudhra intermediate certificates were compromised and are being blocked by browsers and other TLS clients. This Electron update adds the same block to both Chromium networking and Node.js `tls`, `https` and `fetch`. On earlier versions, an attacker holding a certificate issued through these intermediates and able to intercept network traffic could impersonate a TLS server to an app. Apps are only affected if they make TLS connections over a network an attacker can intercept. Apps that make no network connections are not affected. Other software has shipped the same mitigation, including Go (CVE-2026-111943) and Firefox (CVE-2026-113470). ### Workarounds There are no app side workarounds, you must update to a patched version of Electron. ### Fixed Versions * `45.0.0-beta.6` * `44.9.1` * `43.8.1` * `42.11.16` ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [security@electronjs.org](mailto:security@electronjs.org)
describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-115570US | — | — | ||
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 bloc… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/electron/electronPACKAGE
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/093583c71be71c85453e6e225137bf2af755fbccWEB
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/1d2f13b1985444a38abf389db38228ac42f5bcadWEB
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/817c43f925677eb88034bfba4f0b8dfd28e7ad20WEB
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/e02265be96c5e13ae43644ef482b718e1e800499WEB
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/55127WEB
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/55128WEB
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/55129WEB
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