CVE-2026-43944

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43944
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43944.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-43944
Aliases
Published
2026-05-08T03:08:09Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:51:22Z
Severity
  • 9.4 (Critical) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator
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.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-20",
        "CWE-829",
        "CWE-94"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43944.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/electerm/electerm

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/electerm/electerm
Events
Introduced
89b7a148615ea3b33caf66aa55dbac84124ad97b
Fixed
6761887da2286669652a8869f02d862c3e2243a5
Fixed
0599e67069b00e376a2e962649aaad6096e63507
Fixed
8a6a17951e96d715f5a231532bbd8303fe208700
Fixed
a79e06f4a1f0ac6376c3d2411ef4690fa0377742
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:electerm_project:electerm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "3.0.6"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "3.8.15"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "REFERENCES"
    ]
}

Affected versions

v3.*
v3.0.18
v3.0.6
v3.1.16
v3.1.26
v3.1.6
v3.2.0
v3.3.8
v3.5.6
v3.6.16
v3.6.6
v3.7.16
v3.7.18
v3.7.9
v3.8.15
v3.8.6
v3.8.8

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43944.json"