CVE-2026-34779 (GCVE-0-2026-34779)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-04 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-08 03:55
VLAI
Title
Electron: AppleScript injection in app.moveToApplicationsFolder on macOS
Summary
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
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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
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