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CVE-2026-43944

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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:fe63ccd57ef4af7993017ea05b21c42d4f67dad2c3ebfbec34cc788bc12b9385
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cwe · 3 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-94","description":"CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:46a8b8b84b9a8eb675b7bd863901728926a48fef2fc98c2563e991b26d85ef10 · sha256:038cdf5fe5ddc197… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-20","description":"CWE-20: Improper Input Validation","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:46a8b8b84b9a8eb675b7bd863901728926a48fef2fc98c2563e991b26d85ef10 · sha256:038cdf5fe5ddc197… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-829","description":"CWE-829: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:46a8b8b84b9a8eb675b7bd863901728926a48fef2fc98c2563e991b26d85ef10 · sha256:038cdf5fe5ddc197… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/2/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"electerm","vendor":"electerm","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":">= 3.0.6, < 3.8.15"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:46a8b8b84b9a8eb675b7bd863901728926a48fef2fc98c2563e991b26d85ef10 · sha256:038cdf5fe5ddc197… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9.4,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","privilegesRequired":"NONE","subAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"PASSIVE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HIGH"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:46a8b8b84b9a8eb675b7bd863901728926a48fef2fc98c2563e991b26d85ef10 · sha256:038cdf5fe5ddc197… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

3 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-94","description":"CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:46a8b8b84b9a8eb675b7bd863901728926a48fef2fc98c2563e991b26d85ef10 · sha256:038cdf5fe5ddc197… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-20","description":"CWE-20: Improper Input Validation","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:46a8b8b84b9a8eb675b7bd863901728926a48fef2fc98c2563e991b26d85ef10 · sha256:038cdf5fe5ddc197… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-829","description":"CWE-829: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:46a8b8b84b9a8eb675b7bd863901728926a48fef2fc98c2563e991b26d85ef10 · sha256:038cdf5fe5ddc197… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/2/descriptions/0

Source references

5 source assertions
{"name":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/0599e67069b00e376a2e962649aaad6096e63507","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/0599e67069b00e376a2e962649aaad6096e63507"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:46a8b8b84b9a8eb675b7bd863901728926a48fef2fc98c2563e991b26d85ef10 · sha256:038cdf5fe5ddc197… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/8a6a17951e96d715f5a231532bbd8303fe208700","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/8a6a17951e96d715f5a231532bbd8303fe208700"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:46a8b8b84b9a8eb675b7bd863901728926a48fef2fc98c2563e991b26d85ef10 · sha256:038cdf5fe5ddc197… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/a79e06f4a1f0ac6376c3d2411ef4690fa0377742","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/a79e06f4a1f0ac6376c3d2411ef4690fa0377742"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:46a8b8b84b9a8eb675b7bd863901728926a48fef2fc98c2563e991b26d85ef10 · sha256:038cdf5fe5ddc197… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"name":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.8.15","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.8.15"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:46a8b8b84b9a8eb675b7bd863901728926a48fef2fc98c2563e991b26d85ef10 · sha256:038cdf5fe5ddc197… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"name":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-mpm8-cx2p-626q","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-mpm8-cx2p-626q"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:46a8b8b84b9a8eb675b7bd863901728926a48fef2fc98c2563e991b26d85ef10 · sha256:038cdf5fe5ddc197… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

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