Electerm up to 5.3.14 Electron IPC code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Electerm up to 5.3.14. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Electron IPC Handler. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-86711. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Electerm up to 5.3.14 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Electron IPC Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

electerm before 5.3.15 exposes 40+ main-process functions through an unvalidated Electron IPC handler with no function-name allowlist or sender validation. Renderer-side script execution can invoke openFileWithEditor and other functions with arbitrary arguments to execute system commands in the main process.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-86711 since 09/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

Upgrading to version 5.3.15 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CNA Base Score: 7.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Electerm 5.3.15

Timelineinfo

09/08/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/08/2026 +0 days CVE reserved
09/08/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/08/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-86711 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-86711
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-399776

Entryinfo

Created: 09/08/2026 13:37
Changes: 09/08/2026 13:37 (75)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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