GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79

Source

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

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79

Aliases

CVE-2026-34779

Published

2026-04-03T02:46:16Z

Modified

2026-04-06T23:20:07Z

Severity

6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L CVSS Calculator

Summary

Electron: AppleScript injection in app.moveToApplicationsFolder on macOS

Details

Impact

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.

Workarounds

There are no app side workarounds, developers must update to a patched version of Electron.

Fixed Versions

41.0.0-beta.8
40.8.0
39.8.1
38.8.6

For more information

If there are any questions or comments about this advisory, please email security@electronjs.org

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-78"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-04-03T02:46:16Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-04-04T00:16:19Z",
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / electron

Package

Name: electron; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/electron

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

38.8.6

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79.json"

npm / electron

Package

Name: electron; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/electron

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

39.0.0-alpha.1

Fixed

39.8.1

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79.json"

npm / electron

Package

Name: electron; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/electron

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

40.0.0-alpha.1

Fixed

40.8.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79.json"

npm / electron

Package

Name: electron; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/electron

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

41.0.0-alpha.1

Fixed

41.0.0-beta.8

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79.json"