MediumGHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79CVE-2026-34779

Electron: AppleScript injection in app.moveToApplicationsFolder on macOS

Published 3 Apr 2026 · Updated 6 Apr 2026

Affected packages

electronnpm

Affected: <38.8.6
Fixed in: 38.8.6

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install electron@38.8.6

electronnpm

Affected: >=39.0.0-alpha.1 <39.8.1
Fixed in: 39.8.1

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install electron@39.8.1

electronnpm

Affected: >=40.0.0-alpha.1 <40.8.0
Fixed in: 40.8.0

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install electron@40.8.0

electronnpm

Affected: >=41.0.0-alpha.1 <41.0.0-beta.8
Fixed in: 41.0.0-beta.8

Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:npm install electron@41.0.0-beta.8

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](mailto:security@electronjs.org)

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References

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