CVE-2026-53545
Termix: Remote Code Execution via Tunnel Disconnect pkill Command Injection
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Termix is a web-based server management platform with SSH terminal, tunneling, and file editing capabilities. Prior to 2.3.2, the DELETE /ssh/tunnel/disconnect/:tunnelName teardown path in src/backend/ssh/tunnel.ts interpolates endpointPort, sourcePort, endpointUsername, and endpointIP into single-quoted pkill -f patterns. An authenticated user who can edit a tunnel host field can include a single quote to terminate the pattern and append a shell command, which executes when the tunnel is disconnected. Successful exploitation runs arbitrary commands on the source SSH host with the privileges of the connected SSH account. This issue is fixed in version 2.3.2.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.73% · top 46% 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
Affected products
- affected < 2.3.2
References (4)
- https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Termix/security/advisories/GHSA-5p86-jgr7-4hwx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Termix/pull/874 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Termix/commit/52f4e51ae03b5b8d2608e1383e2ccf79d290132b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Termix/releases/tag/release-2.3.2-tag (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 Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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