Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort Affecting electerm package, versions <3.9.5
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- published17 May 2026
- disclosed14 May 2026
- creditCurly-Haired-Baboon
Introduced: 14 May 2026
NewCVE-2026-45787 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade electerm to version 3.9.5 or higher.
Overview
electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/telnet/serialport/sftp client
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort due to the encrypt process. An attacker can compromise the confidentiality and integrity of synced bookmark and profile data by exploiting deterministic encryption with a fixed zero IV, constant KDF salt, and lack of message authentication, allowing them to crack common passwords across installations and perform undetected ciphertext modifications.