Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting desktop-electron package, versions *
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- published7 Jul 2026
- disclosed12 Jun 2026
- creditmustafa-sec
Introduced: 12 Jun 2026
CVE-2026-42890 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
desktop-electron is a My Electron application description
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection via the ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE environment variable. An attacker can execute arbitrary code with the application's entitlements and code signature by launching the signed binary with this variable set or by placing a file on disk and controlling command-line arguments. This can bypass macOS Gatekeeper review.