{"id":"CVE-2026-43944","summary":"electerm: dangerous code can be run through links or command line","details":"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.","aliases":["GHSA-mpm8-cx2p-626q"],"modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:22.567017916Z","published":"2026-05-08T03:08:09.046Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43944.json","cna_assigner":"GitHub_M","cwe_ids":["CWE-20","CWE-829","CWE-94"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.8.15"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43944.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-mpm8-cx2p-626q"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43944"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/0599e67069b00e376a2e962649aaad6096e63507"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/8a6a17951e96d715f5a231532bbd8303fe208700"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/a79e06f4a1f0ac6376c3d2411ef4690fa0377742"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm","events":[{"introduced":"89b7a148615ea3b33caf66aa55dbac84124ad97b"},{"fixed":"6761887da2286669652a8869f02d862c3e2243a5"},{"fixed":"0599e67069b00e376a2e962649aaad6096e63507"},{"fixed":"8a6a17951e96d715f5a231532bbd8303fe208700"},{"fixed":"a79e06f4a1f0ac6376c3d2411ef4690fa0377742"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"3.0.6"},{"fixed":"3.8.15"}],"source":["CPE_RANGE","REFERENCES"],"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"versions":["v3.8.15","v3.8.8","v3.8.6","v3.7.18","v3.7.16","v3.7.9","v3.6.16","v3.6.6","v3.5.6","v3.3.8","v3.2.0","v3.1.26","v3.1.16","v3.1.6","v3.0.18","v3.0.6"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43944.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"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"}]}