CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2026-34779
High (7.8) in electronjs electron. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in electron 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 5% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-78
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- electronjs:electron
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79 | npm | electron | <38.8.6 | 38.8.6 |
| GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79 | npm | electron | >=39.0.0-alpha.1 <39.8.1 | 39.8.1 |
| GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79 | npm | electron | >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.8.0 | 40.8.0 |
| GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79 | npm | electron | >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.0.0-beta.8 | 41.0.0-beta.8 |