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CVE-2026-34779

Published: Apr 4, 2026

Modified: Apr 8, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

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.

VendorProductVersions

electron

electron

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

References

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