🛡️ CVE-2026-41500 — electerm

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-77 OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

electerm: electerm_install_script_CommandInjection Vulnerability Report

Impact

_What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?_

Command Injection vulnerabilities in electerm:

A command injection vulnerability exists in github.com/elcterm/electerm/npm/install.js:150. The runMac() function appends attacker-controlled remote releaseInfo.name directly into an exec("open ...") command without validation.

Who is impacted: Users who run npm install -g electerm in Mac OS. An attacker who can control the remote release metadata (version string or release name) served by the project's update server could execute arbitrary system commands, tamper local files, and escalate compromise of development/runtime assets.

Patches

_Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?_

Fixed in [59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee), user no need to upgrade, the new version already published in npm

Workarounds

_Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_

no

References

_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_

[59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee](https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/59708b38c8a52f5db59d7d4eff98e31d573128ee)

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-41500 is classified as CWE-77: Command Injection. User input is placed into a command that the system interprets, allowing extra commands to be appended to the intended one.

Affected software

CVE-2026-41500 is recorded against 1 package.

  • electerm

Timeline and source

Published on 16 April 2026 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-77
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-04-16
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
electerm — —

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