diff --git a/src/application/releaseExposure/ReleaseExposureService.ts b/src/application/releaseExposure/ReleaseExposureService.ts
index bfc2c4e231..d6fd7f2673 100644
--- a/src/application/releaseExposure/ReleaseExposureService.ts
+++ b/src/application/releaseExposure/ReleaseExposureService.ts
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ export class ReleaseExposureService {
         electron_family: family.family,
         electron_family_reason: family.reason,
         electron_executable_included: prepared.electronExecutableIncluded,
+        electron_host_paths: prepared.electronHostPaths,
         fuse_images: fuseImages,
         go_images: goImages,
         rust_images: rustImages,
@@ -671,6 +672,7 @@ const limitNativeSample = (
 ): {
   readonly scan: ReleaseExposureScan;
   readonly electronExecutableIncluded: boolean;
+  readonly electronHostPaths: readonly string[];
 } => {
   const ranked = electronExecutableRank(scan.native_images, basisPaths);
   const preferred = scan.native_images
@@ -700,6 +702,11 @@ const limitNativeSample = (
       preferred.length <= MAX_RELEASE_EXPOSURE_NATIVE_IMAGES);
   return {
     electronExecutableIncluded,
+    electronHostPaths: kept.flatMap((image) =>
+      (ranked.get(image.path) ?? ANY_SIBLING_RANK) < ANY_SIBLING_RANK
+        ? [image.path]
+        : [],
+    ),
     scan: {
       ...scan,
       native_images: kept,
diff --git a/src/domain/releaseExposure.test.ts b/src/domain/releaseExposure.test.ts
index 21a898bd98..bb3dff27a4 100644
--- a/src/domain/releaseExposure.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/releaseExposure.test.ts
@@ -710,3 +710,46 @@ describe("go.build_paths locations", () => {
     ]);
   });
 });
+
+describe("electron host fuses beside other images", () => {
+  const safeImage = {
+    kind: "report" as const,
+    role: "native-image" as const,
+    path: "/work/app/helper",
+    implications: [
+      { subject: "electron_run_as_node", outcome: "not_honored" },
+      { subject: "node_cli_inspect_arguments", outcome: "not_honored" },
+      { subject: "embedded_asar_integrity_validation", outcome: "enforced" },
+      { subject: "only_load_app_from_asar", outcome: "restricted_to_app_asar" },
+    ],
+  };
+  const hostWithoutFuses = {
+    kind: "report" as const,
+    role: "native-image" as const,
+    path: "/work/app/app",
+    implications: [],
+  };
+  const report = (electron_host_paths?: readonly string[]) =>
+    reportFor(
+      scan(),
+      owners({
+        electron_family: "electron",
+        electron_executable_included: true,
+        ...(electron_host_paths === undefined ? {} : { electron_host_paths }),
+        fuse_images: [hostWithoutFuses, safeImage],
+      }),
+    );
+
+  it("leaves an unresolved host unknown whatever another image reports", () => {
+    expect(statusOf(report(["/work/app/app"]), "electron.run_as_node")).toBe(
+      "unknown",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("does not let a fuseless helper unsettle the host's safe answer", () => {
+    expect(statusOf(report(["/work/app/helper"]), "electron.run_as_node")).toBe(
+      "not_observed",
+    );
+    expect(statusOf(report(), "electron.run_as_node")).toBe("not_observed");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/domain/releaseExposure.ts b/src/domain/releaseExposure.ts
index 53141cf087..f34aef1ce7 100644
--- a/src/domain/releaseExposure.ts
+++ b/src/domain/releaseExposure.ts
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ export interface ReleaseExposureOwnerFacts {
     | "not_a_directory";
   readonly electron_family_reason?: string | null;
   readonly electron_executable_included?: boolean;
+  /** Images named as the Electron host. Others may be helpers with no fuses. */
+  readonly electron_host_paths?: readonly string[];
   readonly fuse_images: readonly FuseImageFact[];
   readonly go_images: readonly MetadataImageFact[];
   readonly rust_images: readonly MetadataImageFact[];
@@ -578,13 +580,21 @@ const fuseCheck = (
       : [],
   );
   const failed = images.some((image) => image.kind === "failed");
+  const hostUnresolved = images.some(
+    (image) =>
+      image.kind === "report" &&
+      image.path !== undefined &&
+      owners.electron_host_paths?.includes(image.path) === true &&
+      !(image.implications ?? []).some((item) => item.subject === spec.subject),
+  );
   const partialFuseSample =
     nativeImagesMayBeUnread(scan) &&
     owners.electron_executable_included !== true;
   let status: Status;
   if (outcomes.includes(spec.exposed)) status = "exposed";
   else if (owners.electron_family === "not_electron") status = "not_applicable";
-  else if (outcomes.includes("unknown") || failed) status = "unknown";
+  else if (outcomes.includes("unknown") || failed || hostUnresolved)
+    status = "unknown";
   else if (outcomes.length > 0 && outcomes.every((item) => item === spec.safe))
     status = partialFuseSample ? "unknown" : "not_observed";
   else if (owners.electron_family === "not_a_directory")