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:150. The runMac() function appends attacker-controlled remote releaseInfo.name directly into an exec("open ...") command without validation. This issue has been patched in version 3.3.8.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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< 3.3.8 affected —

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wxw2-rwmh-vr8f electerm: electerm_install_script_CommandInjection Vulnerability Report
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Workaround

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References
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https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-wxw2-rwmh-vr8f cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 08 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000

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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:150. The runMac() function appends attacker-controlled remote releaseInfo.name directly into an exec("open ...") command without validation. This issue has been patched in version 3.3.8.
Title electerm has Command Injection Vulnerability via runMac function
Weaknesses CWE-77
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-08T02:53:44.494Z

Reserved: 2026-04-20T18:18:50.680Z

Link: CVE-2026-41500

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-08T04:16:17.720

Modified: 2026-05-08T04:16:17.720

Link: CVE-2026-41500

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Updated: 2026-05-08T05:30:46Z

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