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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-41501 · published 8 May 2026

CVE-2026-41501: Electerm project electerm command injection vulnerability

Electerm Project · Electerm

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.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 2.5% · top 16.0% CWE-77 · Command injection
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score
2.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
3References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee Patch
https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8 Release Notes
https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-41501), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.