How to display version of Electron environment in an Electron app?

Question

I would like to find out which version of Electron an Electron desktop app like Signal Desktop or Visual Studio Code is using. Is there a simple way - like entering a command in the Development Console?

Thanks! Johannes

(Why? I would like to see if it is affected by bugs like https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/CVE-2018-1000136---Electron-nodeIntegration-Bypass/)

Answer 1

You can, if the App enabled developer tools and enabled nodeIntegration. take VS Code as an example:

open the Developer Tools, in the console tab, type

process.versions.electron

documentation here: https://electronjs.org/docs/api/process

or try parsing version from userAgent string

navigator.userAgent.match(/Electron\/([\d\.]+\d+)/)[1]