CVE-2026-41501 | electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialp… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-41501
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 2026-04-20 18:18 UTC
Published: 2026-05-08 02:51 UTC
Last updated: 2026-05-08 11:19 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-77
CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in …
Vendor / Product: electerm / electerm
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

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

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
electerm	electerm	—	< 3.3.8

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-77	cna	CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (3)

https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq
https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee
https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8 https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8