CVE-2026-34779: Electronjs Electron

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Electronjs Electron: before 38.8.6 (fixed in 38.8.6); from 39.0.0, before 39.8.1 (fixed in 39.8.1); from 40.0.0, before 40.8.0 (fixed in 40.8.0); version 41.0.0 only

Published 2026-04-04. Last modified 2026-07-24.