Critical 9.8Published May 7, 2026

CVE-2026-41501electerm has Command Injection Vulnerability via runLinux function

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 4:00 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-77
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

electerm electerm electerm:electerm (from the name)	before 3.3.8	CNA record
electerm_project electerm electerm_project:electerm	before 3.3.8	NVD

References

https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hqx-refsource-confirm, patch, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128eex-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8x-refsource-misc, release-notes

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