Is electerm affected by CVE-2026-43941?

npm electerm is affected in <=3.8.15.

Is CVE-2026-43941 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.4%.

high

CVE-2026-43941

Q: Is CVE-2026-43941 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.4%.

npm · electerm

Summary

Electerm has an unvalidated shell.openExternal that allows arbitrary protocol execution via terminal link click

Severity: high
EPSS: 0.4% (p31)
Also known as: GHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c
Published: 2026-05-08

References

https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43941
https://github.com/electerm/electerm

Related advisories

CVE-2026-45353 — critical · npm/electerm
CVE-2026-45058 — critical · npm/electerm
CVE-2026-43944 — critical · npm/electerm
CVE-2026-43940 — critical · npm/electerm
CVE-2026-41501 — critical · npm/electerm
CVE-2026-41500 — critical · npm/electerm
CVE-2026-43943 — high · npm/electerm
CVE-2026-45787 — medium · npm/electerm

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.