GHSA-jfqx-fxh3-c62j

Electron: Unquoted executable path in app.setLoginItemSettings on Windows

At a glance

Published
Updated
CVE
CVE-2026-34768
CVSS_V3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Description

### Impact On Windows, `app.setLoginItemSettings({openAtLogin: true})` wrote the executable path to the `Run` registry key without quoting. If the app is installed to a path containing spaces, an attacker with write access to an ancestor directory may be able to cause a different executable to run at login instead of the intended app. On a default Windows install, standard system directories are protected against writes by standard users, so exploitation typically requires a non-standard install location. ### Workarounds Install the application to a path without spaces, or to a location where all ancestor directories are protected against unauthorized writes. ### 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, send an email to [security@electronjs.org](mailto:security@electronjs.org)

Affected packages

PackageVersions
npm · electronintroduced 0, fixed 38.8.6
npm · electronintroduced 39.0.0-alpha.1, fixed 39.8.1
npm · electronintroduced 40.0.0-alpha.1, fixed 40.8.0
npm · electronintroduced 41.0.0-alpha.1, fixed 41.0.0-beta.8

References

Sources

SourceLicence
OSV.devCC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database