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CVE-2026-42890

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 sig
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:fb2b73c2d56744943bbd1dadbb6524a2c16f691cdb5d3480c97b668261ecae98
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"actual","vendor":"actualbudget","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 26.5.0"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7a4b1dd3c13242d27c5a8d02bec9e1e786ecf85b64b7ecf148c570f623ca873 · sha256:5cb8f818d211139e… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":4.8,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"LOW","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7a4b1dd3c13242d27c5a8d02bec9e1e786ecf85b64b7ecf148c570f623ca873 · sha256:5cb8f818d211139e… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-94","description":"CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7a4b1dd3c13242d27c5a8d02bec9e1e786ecf85b64b7ecf148c570f623ca873 · sha256:5cb8f818d211139e… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"name":"https://actualbudget.org/blog/release-26.5.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://actualbudget.org/blog/release-26.5.0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7a4b1dd3c13242d27c5a8d02bec9e1e786ecf85b64b7ecf148c570f623ca873 · sha256:5cb8f818d211139e… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/security/advisories/GHSA-7rvm-xjpp-63r9","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/security/advisories/GHSA-7rvm-xjpp-63r9"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:d7a4b1dd3c13242d27c5a8d02bec9e1e786ecf85b64b7ecf148c570f623ca873 · sha256:5cb8f818d211139e… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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