CVE-2026-34779 MEDIUM

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

Vendor Electron
Product electron
Weakness CWE-78
Published April 4, 2026
Last update April 8, 2026
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 4, 2026 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated