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4.8 MEDIUM

CVSS version (CVSS): 4.0
Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
Attack Requirement (AT): None (N)
Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
User Interaction (UI): None (N)
Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC): Low (L)
Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI): None (N)
Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA): None (N)
Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC): None (N)
Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI): None (N)
Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA): None (N)
Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
Modified Attack Requirement (MAT): None (N)
Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
Modified User Interaction (MUI): None (N)
Modified Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (MVC): Low (L)
Modified Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (MVI): None (N)
Modified Vulnerable System Impact Availability (MVA): None (N)
Modified Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (MSC): Negligible (N)
Modified Subsequent System Impact Integrity (MSI): Negligible (N)
Modified Subsequent System Impact Availability (MSA): Negligible (N)
Safety (S): Not Defined (X)
Automatable (AU): Not Defined (X)
Recovery (R): Not Defined (X)
Value Density (V): Not Defined (X)
Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Not Defined (X)
Provider Urgency (U): Not Defined (X)
Confidentiality Req. (CR): Not Defined (X)
Integrity Req. (IR): Not Defined (X)
Availability Req. (AR): Not Defined (X)
Exploit Maturity (E): Not Defined (X)

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actual Allows Electron to Run As Node

Actual is an open-source personal finance application. In the macOS desktop application version 25.x (built on Electron 39.2.7), the ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE fuse is not disabled, allowing an attacker who can place a file on disk or control command-line arguments to invoke the signed Actual.app binary with the ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 environment variable set. This converts the application into a Node.js REPL capable of executing arbitrary code that inherits the application's entitlements and code signature, bypassing macOS Gatekeeper review. Version 26.5.0 patches the issue.