CVE-2025-54871

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Analyzed - security-advisories@github.com

Published

2025-08-05

Last modified

2025-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected products

• Electron Capture (Electroncapture)
• Electroncapture (Steveseguin)

References

• 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