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.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq electerm has Command Injection via runLinux funtion
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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: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.
Title electerm has Command Injection Vulnerability via runLinux function
Weaknesses CWE-77
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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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-08T11:19:54.297Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-41501

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-08T04:16:17.940

Modified: 2026-05-08T04:16:17.940

Link: CVE-2026-41501

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

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