{"id":"CVE-2025-54871","aliases":["EUVD-2025-23578","GHSA-8849-p3j4-jq4h"],"status":"published","title":"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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.0026,"percentile":0.1785,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-284"],"published":"2025-08-05T00:03:09Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:58Z","products":[{"vendor":"electroncapture","product":"electron_capture"},{"vendor":"steveseguin","product":"electroncapture"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/steveseguin/electroncapture/security/advisories/GHSA-8849-p3j4-jq4h","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","exploit","Exploit","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/steveseguin/electroncapture/commit/3837f54e75911bb99fa45cfa138a5e401d16f531","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/steveseguin/electroncapture/releases/tag/2.20.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Release Notes","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/54xxx/CVE-2025-54871.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54871","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-54871","title":"Electron Capture is Vulnerable to TCC Bypass via Misconfigured Node Fuses (macOS)","description":"Electron Capture facilitates video playback for screen-sharing and capture. 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