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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-41500 EUVD-2026-28496GHSA-wxw2-rwmh-vr8f

electerm has Command Injection Vulnerability via runMac function

Published May 8, 2026 · Updated May 8, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
electerm electerm < 3.3.8 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm electerm < 3.3.8 3.3.8 GHSA-wxw2-rwmh-vr8f

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