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CVE-2026-43943

electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. Prior to version 3.7.9, a code execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in electerm's SFTP open with system editor or "Edit with custom editor" feature. When a user opts to edit a file using open with system editor or open with a custom editor, the filename is passed directly into a command line without sanitization. A malicious actor controlling the SSH server or user OS can exploit this by crafting a filename
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:50161624f3d7454616f9c8f8fff9b4e58056b272954b787744181799781161b6
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-78","description":"CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f41ca4635688e84c69f634a74a76a19184d40847bb653e6b6106181c5a63244f · sha256:554ac9fdd4e77139… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-88","description":"CWE-88: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f41ca4635688e84c69f634a74a76a19184d40847bb653e6b6106181c5a63244f · sha256:554ac9fdd4e77139… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"electerm","vendor":"electerm","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 3.7.9"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f41ca4635688e84c69f634a74a76a19184d40847bb653e6b6106181c5a63244f · sha256:554ac9fdd4e77139… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f41ca4635688e84c69f634a74a76a19184d40847bb653e6b6106181c5a63244f · sha256:554ac9fdd4e77139… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-78","description":"CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f41ca4635688e84c69f634a74a76a19184d40847bb653e6b6106181c5a63244f · sha256:554ac9fdd4e77139… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-88","description":"CWE-88: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f41ca4635688e84c69f634a74a76a19184d40847bb653e6b6106181c5a63244f · sha256:554ac9fdd4e77139… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"name":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/24ce7103e264cffe6eb5476c0506a2379e6f8333","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/24ce7103e264cffe6eb5476c0506a2379e6f8333"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f41ca4635688e84c69f634a74a76a19184d40847bb653e6b6106181c5a63244f · sha256:554ac9fdd4e77139… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.7.9","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.7.9"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f41ca4635688e84c69f634a74a76a19184d40847bb653e6b6106181c5a63244f · sha256:554ac9fdd4e77139… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-q4p8-8j9m-8hxj","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-q4p8-8j9m-8hxj"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f41ca4635688e84c69f634a74a76a19184d40847bb653e6b6106181c5a63244f · sha256:554ac9fdd4e77139… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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