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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.6 Critical

Status

Modified - security-advisories@github.com

Published

2026-05-08

Last modified

2026-05-13

Weaknesses

CWE-20, CWE-829, CWE-94

Affected products

• Electerm (Electerm)
• Electerm (Electerm Project)

References

• https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/0599e67069b00e376a2e962649aaad6096e63507
• https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/8a6a17951e96d715f5a231532bbd8303fe208700
• https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/a79e06f4a1f0ac6376c3d2411ef4690fa0377742
• https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.8.15
• https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-mpm8-cx2p-626q