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CVE-2026-41501
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-05-08T04:16:17.940 · Last modified 2026-06-17T10:46:48.477

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.

Affected products

electerm_project — electerm

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References

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