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 Windows, app.setLoginItemSettings({openAtLogin: true}) wrote the executable path to the Run registry key without quoting. If the app is installed to a path containing spaces, an attacker with write access to an ancestor directory may be able to cause a different executable to run at login instead of the intended app. On a default Windows install, standard system directories are protected against writes by standard users, so exploitation typically requires a non-standard install location. This issue has been patched in versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8.
{
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/34xxx/CVE-2026-34768.json",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-428"
],
"cna_assigner": "GitHub_M"
}{
"source": "CPE_RANGE",
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:electronjs:electron:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "38.8.6"
},
{
"introduced": "39.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "39.8.1"
},
{
"introduced": "40.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "40.8.0"
}
]
}