{"id":"CVE-2026-41501","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-41501","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:55:35.394Z","title":"Prior to version 3.3.8, a command injection vulnerability exists in github.com/elcterm/electerm/npm/install.js:130.","description":"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":"2026-05-08T04:16:18.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:46:48.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-77"],"affected":["electerm project/electerm"],"epss":{"score":0.01286,"percentile":0.69948,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-24","score":0.02491,"percentile":0.83954},{"date":"2026-10-25","score":0.01286,"percentile":0.69944}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41501","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}