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

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...

CVE-2026-34779

In CVE-2026-34779, Electron apps on macOS that call app.moveToApplicationsFolder() may expose arbitrary AppleScript execution due to an AppleScript fallback path not handling certain characters in the application bundle path. The issue affects Electron usage of moveToApplicationsFolder and can oc...