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CVE-2026-41500

electerm has Command Injection Vulnerability via runMac function

Published: May 8, 2026Updated: May 8, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-77
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
1.6%
Top 27.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. Prior to version 3.3.8, a command injection vulnerability exists in github.com/elcterm/electerm/npm/install.js:150. The runMac() function appends attacker-controlled remote releaseInfo.name directly into an exec("open ...") command without validation. This issue has been patched in version 3.3.8.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-77

Affected Products

electermelecterm
On-prem
Communications / email-server-client
electermelecterm project
On-prem
Communications / email-server-client
electermcommercialCommunications
electerm projectcommercialCommunicationsaka electerm project

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Execution
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References

https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-wxw2-rwmh-vr8f
github.com
https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee
github.com
https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8
github.com

Timeline

Published
May 8, 2026
Last Updated
May 8, 2026

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