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CVE

CVE-2026-43944

electerm: dangerous code can be run through links or command line
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CVE

CVE-2026-43944

electerm: dangerous code can be run through links or command line

electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. From versions 3.0.6 to before 3.8.15, electerm is vulnerable to arbitrary local code execution via deep links, CLI --opts, or crafted shortcuts. Exploit requires clicking a crafted electerm://... link or opening a crafted shortcut/command that launches electerm with attacker-controlled opts. This issue has been patched in version 3.8.15.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
9.4
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4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
C
H
U
0
-
C
H
U
9.6
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Related Resources

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References

https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.8.15, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43944.json, https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-mpm8-cx2p-626q, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43944, https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/0599e67069b00e376a2e962649aaad6096e63507, https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/8a6a17951e96d715f5a231532bbd8303fe208700, https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/a79e06f4a1f0ac6376c3d2411ef4690fa0377742

Severity

0

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Base CVSS
0
EPSS Probability
0.00363%
EPSS Percentile
0.29789%
Introduced Version
89b7a148615ea3b33caf66aa55dbac84124ad97b
Fix Available
a79e06f4a1f0ac6376c3d2411ef4690fa0377742

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