CVE-2026-34779

MEDIUM

Electron: AppleScript injection in app.moveToApplicationsFolder on macOS

Title source: cna

Description

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 (1)

[X_Refsource_Confirm] https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 1.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Details

CWE

CWE-78

Status published

Products (7)

electron/electron < 38.8.6

electron/electron >= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.1

electron/electron >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.8.0

electron/electron >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0-beta.8

electronjs/electron 41.0.0 alpha1 (13 CPE variants)

electronjs/electron < 38.8.6

npm/electron 0 - 38.8.6npm

Published Apr 04, 2026

Tracked Since Apr 04, 2026