CVE•Published 2026-05-08•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-43944Electerm_project · Electerm
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.6
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
—
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. From versions 3.0.6 to before 3.8.15, electerm is vulnerable to arbitrary local code execution via deep links, CLI --opts, or crafted shortcuts. Exploit requires clicking a crafted electerm://... link or opening a crafted shortcut/command that launches electerm with attacker-controlled opts. This issue has been patched in version 3.8.15.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-08
Modified 2026-05-13
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-2026-43944Hosts 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-2026-43944Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-43944Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-43944Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-43944GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-43944" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.