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FKIE_CVE-2026-34779

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-04 00:16 - Updated: 2026-07-24 22:10

Severity

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, on macOS, app.moveToApplicationsFolder() used an AppleScript fallback path that did not properly handle certain characters in the application bundle path. Under specific conditions, a crafted launch path could lead to arbitrary AppleScript execution when the user accepted the move-to-Applications prompt. Apps are only affected if they call app.moveToApplicationsFolder(). Apps that do not use this API are not affected. This issue has been patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8.

References

	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
electronjs	electron	*
electronjs	electron	*
electronjs	electron	*
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0
electronjs	electron	41.0.0

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CVE-2026-34779 (GCVE-0-2026-34779)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-04 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-08 03:55

Title

Electron: AppleScript injection in app.moveToApplicationsFolder on macOS

Summary

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-04-07 00:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/electron/electron/security/adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
electron	electron	Affected: < 38.8.6 Affected: >= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.1 Affected: >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.8.0 Affected: >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0-beta.8

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Nomenclature

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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FKIE_CVE-2026-34779

CVE-2026-34779 (GCVE-0-2026-34779)

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