[GHSA-jm7p-cc5g-qwxx] Electron: Parent process code-sign check is spoofable

[kgnio]

Updates

• Affected products

Comments
The patched version metadata for the Electron 40.x release line is inconsistent with the advisory's own "Fixed Versions" section and the upstream release history.
The advisory lists 40.9.0 as the fixed version for the 40.x release line, while the structured patched version currently lists 40.9.1.
The 40.x backport commit (a251966258efddf2284117029525308b837065da) directly fixes the vulnerable parent code-signature check by replacing the PID-based check with an audit-token-based check.
This fix is included in the v40.9.0 release.
This change updates the patched version for the 40.x release line from:
40.9.1
to:
40.9.0

References:

• 40.x fix commit:
  electron/electron@a251966

• Confirmation that the fix is included in v40.9.0:
  electron/electron@a251966...v40.9.0

• v40.9.0 release:
  https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v40.9.0

[github]

Hi there @MarshallOfSound! A community member has suggested an improvement to your security advisory. If approved, this change will affect the global advisory listed at github.com/advisories. It will not affect the version listed in your project repository.

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