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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.5 Medium

CVE-2025-54871

Electron Capture is Vulnerable to TCC Bypass via Misconfigured Node Fuses (macOS)

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

steveseguin electroncapture

  • < 2.20.0affected

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