CVE-2026-39309 (GCVE-0-2026-39309)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-19 23:54 – Updated: 2026-05-20 15:45
VLAI
Title
Trilium Notes: macOS TCC Bypass via Prompt Spoofing
Summary
Trilium Notes is a cross-platform, hierarchical note taking application focused on building large personal knowledge bases. In versions 0.102.1 and prior, the Electron configuration is vulnerable to TCC Bypass via Prompt Spoofing, allowing local attackers to trigger misleading macOS permission prompts by running malicious code under the identity of the trusted app. The root cause is that the RunAsNode fuse allows launching the app in a special Node.js mode using -e to execute arbitrary system commands with Trilium Notes's permissions and identity. An attacker can leverage this through a subprocess to request any sensitive permissions, such as access to hardware (camera, microphone) and TCC-protected files, causing the TCC system prompt to appear as if the request came from Trilium rather than the attacker's code, because macOS treats the subprocess as part of the parent application. Exploitation allows access to TCC-protected resources like the screen, camera, microphone, and folders such as ~/Documents and ~/Downloads, undermining macOS's security model and UI integrity through social engineering. This issue has been fixed in version 0.102.2.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-20 13:25 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-451 - User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information
  • CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
TriliumNext Trilium Affected: < 0.102.2
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