CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-54871
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-08-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284
Description
Electron Capture facilitates video playback for screen-sharing and capture. In versions 2.19.1 and below, the elecap app on macOS allows local unprivileged users to bypass macOS TCC privacy protections by enabling ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE. This environment variable allows arbitrary Node.js code to be executed via the -e flag, which runs inside the main Electron context, inheriting any previously granted TCC entitlements (such as access to Documents, Downloads, etc.). This issue is fixed in version 2.20.0.
Affected configurations
• electroncapture electron capture (< 2.20.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
References
- https://github.com/steveseguin/electroncapture/commit/3837f54e75911bb99fa45cfa138a5e401d16f531 Patch
- https://github.com/steveseguin/electroncapture/releases/tag/2.20.0 Release Notes
- https://github.com/steveseguin/electroncapture/security/advisories/GHSA-8849-p3j4-jq4h Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/steveseguin/electroncapture/security/advisories/GHSA-8849-p3j4-jq4h Exploit, Vendor Advisory