CVE
CVE-2026-41501
electerm has Command Injection Vulnerability via runLinux function
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.
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CVSS Version
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9.8
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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0
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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9.8
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References
https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/41xxx/CVE-2026-41501.json, https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41501, https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee