๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-34779

MEDIUM 6.5

Electron: AppleScript injection in app.moveToApplicationsFolder on macOS

CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
6th

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.

CWE CWE-78
Vendor electron
Product electron
Published Apr 4, 2026
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

electron / electron
< 38.8.6 >= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.1 >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.8.0 >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0-beta.8

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79