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Critical · 9.4 CVE-2026-43944 EUVD-2026-28516GHSA-mpm8-cx2p-626q

electerm: dangerous code can be run through links or command line

Published May 8, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. From versions 3.0.6 to before 3.8.15, electerm is vulnerable to arbitrary local code execution via deep links, CLI --opts, or crafted shortcuts. Exploit requires clicking a crafted electerm://... link or opening a crafted shortcut/command that launches electerm with attacker-controlled opts. This issue has been patched in version 3.8.15.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
electerm electerm >= 3.0.6, < 3.8.15 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm electerm >= 3.0.6, < 3.8.8 3.8.8 GHSA-mpm8-cx2p-626q

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