Command Injection Affecting electerm package, versions <3.3.8
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-JS-ELECTERM-16117335
- published21 Apr 2026
- disclosed16 Apr 2026
- creditZhengmin Yu, FORIMOC
Introduced: 16 Apr 2026
CVE-2026-41500 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade electerm to version 3.3.8 or higher.
Overview
electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/telnet/serialport/sftp client
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via the runMac and runLinux functions. An attacker can execute arbitrary system commands and compromise the system by supplying malicious remote release metadata that is incorporated into shell commands without validation.