CVE-2026-41500 CRITICAL

CVE-2026-41500: electerm has Command Injection Vulnerability via runMac function

Vendor Electerm
Product electerm
Weakness CWE-77
Published May 8, 2026
Last update May 8, 2026
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CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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:150. The runMac() function appends attacker-controlled remote releaseInfo.name directly into an exec("open ...") command without validation. This issue has been patched in version 3.3.8.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 8, 2026 CVE published
May 8, 2026 Record updated