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.
Published:May 8, 2026
Last Modified:May 11, 2026
EPS:May 8, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00534
CVSS Score:9.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Electerm
Product
Electerm
Electerm
Electerm
Vendor
Electerm Project
Product
Electerm
Electerm Project
Electerm
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
