Electerm Security Vulnerability: RCE via malicious SSH server filename in openFileWithEditor

Impact A code execution RCE vulnerability exists in electerm's SFTP open with system editor or "Edit with custom editor" feature. When a user opts to edit a file using open with system editor or open with a custom editor, the filename is passed directly into a command line without sanitization. A...

CVE-2026-43943 electerm: RCE via malicious SSH server filename in openFileWithEditor

electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. Prior to version 3.7.9, a code execution RCE vulnerability exists in electerm's SFTP open with system editor or "Edit with custom editor" feature. When a user opts to edit a file using open with system edito...