medium5.5
CVE-2025-54871
Electron Capture facilitates video playback for screen-sharing and capture.
Impact
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Electroncapture | Electron Capture | before 2.20.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/steveseguin/electroncapture/commit/3837f54e75911bb99fa45cfa138a5e401d16f531
- https://github.com/steveseguin/electroncapture/releases/tag/2.20.0
- https://github.com/steveseguin/electroncapture/security/advisories/GHSA-8849-p3j4-jq4h
- https://github.com/steveseguin/electroncapture/security/advisories/GHSA-8849-p3j4-jq4h