electerm has Command Injection via runLinux funtion

Description

Command Injection vulnerabilities in electerm:

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.

Recommendation

Update the electerm package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 3.3.8
• Patched version(s): 3.3.8

References

• GHSA-8x35-hph8-37hq
• CVE-2026-41501
• CWE-77
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

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npm

electerm