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CVE-2025-54871: steveseguin electroncapture · Improper Access Control

Affects steveseguin electroncaptureSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium : upgrade to 2.20.0 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 10:12 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 13% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.20.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade steveseguin electroncapture to 2.20.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
steveseguin electroncaptureAffected
  • <2.20.0
Fixed in
  • 2.20.0

AI-suggested

European organizations should immediately upgrade Electron Capture to version 2.20.0 or later, where the vulnerability is patched. Until the upgrade is applied, organizations should restrict local user access on macOS systems running Electron Capture to trusted personnel only, minimizing the risk of exploitation by unprivileged users. Implementing endpoint security controls such as application whitelisting and monitoring for unusual environment variable usage (specifically ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE) can help detect and prevent exploitation attempts. Additionally, organizations should audit macOS TCC permissions regularly to ensure only necessary applications have access to sensitive directories. Employing macOS security features like System Integrity Protection (SIP) and enabling full disk encryption can further reduce the impact of local attacks. Finally, user education about the risks of local privilege escalation and maintaining strict physical and logical access controls on macOS devices are essential complementary measures.

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.

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