CVE-2025-54871CWE-284

Electron Capture is Vulnerable to TCC Bypass via Misconfigured Node Fuses (macOS)

Medium · published August 5, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00228 · 12.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-284 · Improper Access Control
Published
2025-08-05T00:03Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 AUG 00:03Z
    Electron Capture is Vulnerable to TCC Bypass via Misconfigured Node Fuses (macOS)
    cvelistv5