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Security fix · CVE-2025-54871

Electron Capture facilitates video playback for screen-sharing and capture.

Published Aug 5, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 5, 2025 · Electron Capture facilitates video

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-54871. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Electron Capture facilitates video is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Electron Capture facilitates video).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.24%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor steveseguin electroncapture < 2.20.0

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor steveseguin electroncapture < 2.20.0< 2.20.0

How to fix CVE-2025-54871

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-54871. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Electron Capture facilitates video is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with steveseguin electroncapture < 2.20.0 < 2.20.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.24%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 5, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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 grant

  2. Aug 5, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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 grant

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-54871

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-54871

    30-day exploitation probability 0.24%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-23578

    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 N

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 26, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026