CVE-2026-45787

CVE-2026-45787 · electerm's encrypt method not safe enough

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electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. Prior to 3.9.5, deterministic AES-192-CBC with a fixed zero IV, constant KDF salt, and no MAC leads to confidentiality and integrity failures for synced bookmark/profile data. Attackers can crack common passwords across installs and perform undetected ciphertext bit-flips to alter config/bookmarks. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.9.5.

CVSS 6.0 · Medium · EPSS 0.1% · Fix available

Published: 2026-05-28T17:17:56.385Z
Updated: 2026-05-29T15:29:15.127Z

Stack: node

Affected products and versions

electerm
Versions
- < 3.9.5: Affected
No fix published
electerm npm
Affected ranges
- SEMVER: < 3.9.5
Update to 3.9.5

Original sources

https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-g29v-q6h7-76wh
https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/9dd8295e37d53396b980cd45dfc5ed11ad79b937
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45787

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CVE-2026-45787 · electerm's encrypt method not safe enough

Affected products and versions

electerm

electerm npm

Original sources