Electron: AppleScript injection in app.moveToApplicationsFolder on macOS_CVE-2026-34779

6.5 / 10

MEDIUM

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

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-34779

Source GitHub_M

Published Apr 4, 2026 at 00:00

Modified Apr 8, 2026 at 03:55

Affected Product

Vendor electron

Product electron

Version < 38.8.6

Affected Versions 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

CWE Classification

CWE-78

References

github.com /electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79

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