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MEDIUM6.5

GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79

Electron: AppleScript injection in app.moveToApplicationsFolder on macOS

Quick fix

GHSA-5rqw-r77c-jp79 — electron: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install electron@38.8.6

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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Affected packages

npm/electron
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 38.8.6
Fixnpm install electron@38.8.6
npm/electron
Introduced in: 39.0.0-alpha.1Fixed in: 39.8.1
Fixnpm install electron@39.8.1
npm/electron
Introduced in: 40.0.0-alpha.1Fixed in: 40.8.0
Fixnpm install electron@40.8.0
npm/electron
Introduced in: 41.0.0-alpha.1Fixed in: 41.0.0-beta.8
Fixnpm install electron@41.0.0-beta.8

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