CVE 9.8 CRITICAL

electerm has Command Injection Vulnerability via runLinux function_CVE-2026-41501

May 7, 2026 invoker category_cve

9.8 / 10

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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: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.

AI Analysis

Command injection vulnerability in electerm prior to version 3.3.8

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-41501

Source GitHub_M

Published May 8, 2026 at 02:51

Affected Product

Vendor electerm

Product electerm

Version < 3.3.8

Affected Versions electerm electerm < 3.3.8

CWE Classification

CWE-77

AI Assessment

AI Score 9.8 / 10

AI Severity Critical

Vendor electerm

Product electerm

Version < 3.3.8

References

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