CVE-2026-41501

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.

Score
CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical
Status
Analyzed - security-advisories@github.com
Published
2026-05-08
Last modified
2026-05-08
Weaknesses
CWE-77

Affected products

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