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CVE-2026-43944

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.6 Published: 2026-05-08 Modified: 2026-06-17

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.

Affected Platforms

Electerm Project Electerm

Weakness Type

CWE-20, CWE-94, CWE-829

References