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CVE-2025-54871 Detail

Description

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.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/steveseguin/electroncapture/commit/3837f54e75911bb99fa45cfa138a5e401d16f531 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/steveseguin/electroncapture/releases/tag/2.20.0 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/steveseguin/electroncapture/security/advisories/GHSA-8849-p3j4-jq4h CISA-ADP, GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-284 Improper Access Control GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-54871
NVD Published Date:
08/04/2025
NVD Last Modified:
08/05/2025
Source:
GitHub, Inc.