Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 34.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.6
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
Products affected by CVE-2026-43944
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cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:3.0.18
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cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:3.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:3.1.16
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cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:3.1.26
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cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:3.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:3.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:3.3.8
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cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:3.5.6
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cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:3.6.16
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cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:3.6.6
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cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:3.7.16
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cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:3.7.18
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cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:3.7.9
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cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:3.8.6
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cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:3.8.8