electerm has Command Injection Vulnerability via runLinux function

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.

Weakness

• CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-77 and its CVEs

Affected products

• electerm · electerm

  • affected < 3.3.8

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• npmelectermGHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq (opens in a new tab)

References (3)

• https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
• https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
• https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.3.8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 8 May 2026, 11:19 UTC.