Medium (5.5) in electrum electrum. EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
paymentrequest.py in Electrum before 4.2.2 allows a file:// URL in the r parameter of a payment request (e.g., within QR code data). On Windows, this can lead to capture of credentials over SMB. On Linux and UNIX, it can lead to a denial of service by specifying the /dev/zero filename.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
5.5 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 57% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)