CVE-2026-41500
criticalelecterm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client.
Vendor / product: Electerm Project — electerm
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.
CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (security-advisories@github.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-05-08 04:16
Modified: 2026-11-11 23:10
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 23:13 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
electerm_project / electerm <3.3.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-wxw2-rwmh-vr8f
References
- https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-wxw2-rwmh-vr8f security-advisories@github.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 23:13 UTC · record ↗