CVE-2026-54672
electron-updater: Uncontrolled search path elements within `AppImage` built by `app-builder-lib`
Vexday Risk Score
18Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 7.8EPSS —KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
30 Jun 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
electron-updater allows for automatic updates for Electron apps. Prior to 26.15.0, AppImage targets built by app-builder-lib could use an empty path component when setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable at runtime. This causes the current working directory to be added to the dynamic linker search path, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious shared library in the directory from which the AppImage is launched. This issue has been fixed in version 26.15.0.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Want to know if your infrastructure is exposed to this?
Talk to TrueHacking →