Electron: Local race condition in Squirrel.Mac update installation on macOS (electron electron)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.09 % · percentile 1 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Undergoing Analysis
Description
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to 39.8.10, 41.10.5, and 42.0.0-beta.2, Electron applications on macOS that use Squirrel.Mac-based automatic updates are vulnerable to a local race in the privileged ShipIt helper. The helper did not bind the validated update target to one canonical application-bundle path for the full installation, allowing a local attacker to redirect the root-level write so that it overwrites another application's files instead of the application that initiated the update. Applications on other platforms and macOS applications that do not use Squirrel.Mac-based automatic updates are not affected. This issue is fixed in versions 39.8.10, 41.10.5, and 42.0.0-beta.2.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
References
- https://github.com/electron/electron/security/advisories/GHSA-vv43-5jgx-7qv8
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/50745
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/01faabfc250801a980fc94d64608046c67fc1cd9
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/15e2928a5c5f01759107b414010e220d90d59cef
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/a0f9ff4cc0340545008424232d49caadd9c0c767
- https://github.com/electron/electron/commit/b8f25c4cedb2e0f5f475912b709aba19c57c26be
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v39.8.10
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v41.10.5
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v42.0.0-beta.2
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-vv43-5jgx-7qv8 — Electron: Local race condition in Squirrel.Mac update installation on macOS
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-98837
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-102672
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| electron · electron | affected < 39.8.10 ; affected >= 40.0.0-alpha.1, < 41.10.5 ; affected >= 42.0.0-alpha.1, < 42.0.0-beta.2 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |