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CVE-2025-54871
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-08-05T01:15:43.010 · Last modified 2026-06-17T09:40:50.390

Summary

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.

Affected products

electroncapture — electron_capture

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References

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