VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2026-43941

critical
Published 2026-05-08 · Modified 2026-05-08
CVSS v3
9.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
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VIR risk
9.6

Description

Electerm has an unvalidated shell.openExternal that allows arbitrary protocol execution via terminal link click

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
96%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security-advisories@github.com — https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c

Package impact
EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
npm npmelecterm<=3.8.15
npm NPMelecterm<= 3.8.15

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
electerm_projectelecterm{"endIncluding":"3.8.15"}

References

CWEs

CWE-88 CWE-601

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.