CVE-2026-34779

Electron: AppleScript injection in app.moveToApplicationsFolder on macOS

State: Published
Severity: 6.5 Medium
Published: Apr 4, 2026
Updated: Apr 8, 2026
Reserved: Mar 30, 2026

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
electronelectron	< 38.8.6Affected >= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.1Affected >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.8.0Affected >= 41.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.0.0-beta.8Affected

References

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

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