CVE-2026-42890

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-42890
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-42890.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-42890
Aliases
Published
2026-06-12T18:58:42.239Z
Modified
2026-07-08T08:05:13.201001880Z
Severity
  • 4.8 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
actual Allows Electron to Run As Node
Details

Actual is an open-source personal finance application. In the macOS desktop application version 25.x (built on Electron 39.2.7), the ELECTRONRUNASNODE fuse is not disabled, allowing an attacker who can place a file on disk or control command-line arguments to invoke the signed Actual.app binary with the ELECTRONRUNASNODE=1 environment variable set. This converts the application into a Node.js REPL capable of executing arbitrary code that inherits the application's entitlements and code signature, bypassing macOS Gatekeeper review. Version 26.5.0 patches the issue.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/42xxx/CVE-2026-42890.json",
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-94"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/actualbudget/actual

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/actualbudget/actual
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
4c62e2a75d48deb06d45e7ed89a2b9ddfd187e3d
Database specific 
{
    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "26.5.0"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v22.*
v22.12.9
v23.*
v23.1.12
v23.10.0
v23.11.0
v23.12.0
v23.2.5
v23.2.9
v23.3.0
v23.3.2
v23.4.0
v23.4.1
v23.4.2
v23.5.0
v23.6.0
v23.7.0
v23.7.1
v23.7.2
v23.8.0
v23.8.1
v23.9.0
v24.*
v24.1.0
v24.10.0
v24.11.0
v24.12.0
v24.2.0
v24.3.0
v24.4.0
v24.5.0
v24.6.0
v24.7.0
v24.8.0
v24.9.0
v25.*
v25.1.0
v25.10.0
v25.11.0
v25.12.0
v25.2.0
v25.3.0
v25.4.0
v25.5.0
v25.6.0
v25.6.1
v25.7.0
v25.7.1
v25.8.0
v25.9.0
v26.*
v26.1.0
v26.2.0
v26.3.0
v26.4.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-42890.json"