{"id":"GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79","summary":"Electron: AppleScript injection in app.moveToApplicationsFolder on macOS","details":"### Impact\nOn 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.\n\nApps are only affected if they call `app.moveToApplicationsFolder()`. Apps that do not use this API are not affected.\n\n### Workarounds\nThere are no app side workarounds, developers must update to a patched version of Electron.\n\n### Fixed Versions\n* `41.0.0-beta.8`\n* `40.8.0`\n* `39.8.1`\n* `38.8.6`\n\n### For more information\nIf there are any questions or comments about this advisory, please email [security@electronjs.org](mailto:security@electronjs.org)","aliases":["CVE-2026-34779"],"modified":"2026-04-06T23:20:07.571377Z","published":"2026-04-03T02:46:16Z","database_specific":{"nvd_published_at":"2026-04-04T00:16:19Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-78"],"severity":"MODERATE","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-04-03T02:46:16Z"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34779"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/electron/electron"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"electron","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/electron"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"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"}},{"package":{"name":"electron","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/electron"},"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"}},{"package":{"name":"electron","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/electron"},"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"}},{"package":{"name":"electron","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/electron"},"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"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L"}]}