Vulnerability · Published Apr 4, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-34779Electron: AppleScript injection in app.moveToApplicationsFolder on macOS

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity OS command injection in electron from electron. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	electron	38.8.6	GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79
npm	electron	39.8.1	GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79
npm	electron	40.8.0	GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79
npm	electron	41.0.0-beta.8	GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	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

Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

References

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