CVE-2026-54672CWE-427

CVE-2026-54672

High · published July 1, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

electron-updater allows for automatic updates for Electron apps. Prior to 26.15.0, AppImage targets built by app-builder-lib could use an empty path component when setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable at runtime. This causes the current working directory to be added to the dynamic linker search path, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious shared library in the directory from which the AppImage is launched. This issue has been fixed in version 26.15.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00186 · 7.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Published
2026-07-01T03:17Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
electron/electron-builder< 26.15.026.15.0
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 JUN 22:15Z
    electron-updater: Uncontrolled search path elements within `AppImage` built by `app-builder-lib`
    cvelistv5