What is CVE-2026-34779?

CVE-2026-34779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Electron, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2026-34779?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

RCE in Electron

CVE-2026-34779

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…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.000 (1.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Electron — versions < 38.8.6, >= 39.0.0-alpha.1, < 39.8.1, >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 40.8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-34779?: CVE-2026-34779 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Electron, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2026-34779?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.