Description
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.
Affected products
electerm_project: electerm
References5
- github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-mpm8-cx2p… MitigationPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/8a6a17951e96d715f5a231532bb… Patch
- github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/a79e06f4a1f0ac6376c3d2411ef… Patch
- github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/0599e67069b00e376a2e962649a…
- github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.8.15 Release Notes
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.6
CRITICAL
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 4.0
-
9.4
CRITICAL
Score source: CNA
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 31 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-20CWE-94CWE-829
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