electerm before 5.3.15 Arbitrary Command Execution via Unvalidated runGlobalAsync IPC Bridge
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.5epss 0.1%
exploitation probability
0.1%top 97% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
electerm · electermReferences
https://github.com/electerm/electermhttps://github.com/electerm/electerm/blob/v5.3.5/src/app/lib/ipc.jshttps://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/b1f880534b8ae066c5d25bbf291ca7437e052750https://github.com/electerm/electerm/issues/4509https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v5.3.15https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-qc8j-6jr2-qr32https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/electerm-before-5.3.15-arbitrary-command-execution-via-unvalidated-runglobalasync-ipc-bridge