CVE•Published 2026-05-08•Modified 2026-05-08•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-41501Electerm_project · Electerm
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-08
Modified 2026-05-08
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-41501Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Electerm Project Electerm"All exposed Electerm Project Electerm instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Electerm"HTTP body or banner mentions "Electerm" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-41501Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-41501Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-41501Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-41501GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-41501" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-41501 on GitHub.