CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-43941

9.6 CRITICAL Published 2026-05-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-05-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.6 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-601, CWE-88

Description

electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. In versions 3.8.15 and prior, Electerm's terminal hyperlink handler passes any URL clicked in the terminal directly to shell.openExternal without any protocol validation. An attacker who controls terminal output (e.g., via a malicious SSH server, compromised remote host, or malicious plugin rendering terminal content) can thus achieve arbitrary code execution or local file access on the victim's machine, requiring only that the victim clicks a displayed link. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

Affected configurations

• electerm project electerm (<= 3.8.15)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site weakness
  • CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command weakness

References