CVE-2026-34779

medium

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-04

Updated: 2026-04-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00024