{"cve":"CVE-2026-43944","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-08T04:16:24.033","modified":"2026-06-17T10:50:06.413","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"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","score":9.4},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.6},"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-94","CWE-829"],"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":["electerm_project:electerm"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:33:55.586217763+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-43944","score":0.00363,"percentile":0.30169,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-mpm8-cx2p-626q","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mpm8-cx2p-626q","summary":"Electerm users can run dangrous code through link or command line","modified":"2026-05-13T13:56:11.555899Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"electerm","purl":"pkg:npm/electerm","ranges":[">=3.0.6 <3.8.8"],"fixed":["3.8.8"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}