FKIE_CVE-2026-41501

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-08 04:16 - Updated: 2026-05-08 19:18
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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:130. The runLinux() function appends attacker-controlled remote version strings directly into an exec("rm -rf ...") command without validation. This issue has been patched in version 3.3.8.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128eePatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hqPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
electerm_project electerm *
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