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.
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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.
Title electerm: dangerous code can be run through links or command line
Weaknesses CWE-20
CWE-829
CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.4, '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-08T03:08:09.046Z

Reserved: 2026-05-04T16:59:09.090Z

Link: CVE-2026-43944

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-08T04:16:24.033

Modified: 2026-05-08T04:16:24.033

Link: CVE-2026-43944

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-08T05:30:46Z