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Vulnerability details: VCID-thsh-yjny-7qhu
Vulnerability ID VCID-thsh-yjny-7qhu
Aliases CVE-2026-41501
GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00733 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-41501
epss 0.00733 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-41501
epss 0.00733 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-41501
epss 0.00733 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-41501
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/electerm/electerm
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/electerm/electerm
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee
ssvc Track https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8
ssvc Track https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq
ssvc Track https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41501
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41501
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-41501
https://github.com/electerm/electerm
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41501
59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee
GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq
GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq
v3.3.8 https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/electerm/electerm
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-05-08T11:19:45Z/ Found at https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-05-08T11:19:45Z/ Found at https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-05-08T11:19:45Z/ Found at https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41501
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.73187
EPSS Score 0.00733
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T16:51:16.472769+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/41xxx/CVE-2026-41501.json 38.6.0