Electerm runWidget has a path traversal that leads to arbitrary code execution

Impact The runWidget function in src/app/widgets/load-widget.js constructs a file path by directly concatenating user‑supplied widget identifiers without any sanitisation: javascript const file = widget-$widgetId.js const widget = requirepath.joindirname, file Because runWidget is exposed to the...

GHSA-F77V-9VPC-6PJM Electerm runWidget has a path traversal that leads to arbitrary code execution

Impact The runWidget function in src/app/widgets/load-widget.js constructs a file path by directly concatenating user‑supplied widget identifiers without any sanitisation: javascript const file = widget-$widgetId.js const widget = requirepath.joindirname, file Because runWidget is exposed to the...

EUVD-2026-28512

Electerm runWidget has a path traversal that leads to arbitrary code execution...

CVE-2026-43940 electerm: Path traversal in electerm runWidget leads to arbitrary code execution

electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. Prior to version 3.7.16, the runWidget function in src/app/widgets/load-widget.js constructs a file path by directly concatenating user‑supplied widget identifiers without any sanitisation. Because runWidget...

CVE-2026-43940

CVE-2026-43940 affects the electerm client. The runWidget function in src/app/widgets/load-widget.js builds a file path by concatenating user‑supplied widget identifiers without sanitisation, and runWidget is exposed to the renderer via an asynchronous IPC handler with no input validation. This e...

CVE-2026-43940 electerm: Path traversal in electerm runWidget leads to arbitrary code execution

electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. Prior to version 3.7.16, the runWidget function in src/app/widgets/load-widget.js constructs a file path by directly concatenating user‑supplied widget identifiers without any sanitisation. Because runWidget...

CVE-2026-43940

electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. Prior to version 3.7.16, the runWidget function in src/app/widgets/load-widget.js constructs a file path by directly concatenating user‑supplied widget identifiers without any sanitisation. Because runWidget...

Electerm 路径遍历漏洞

Electerm is a SSH/SFTP client developed by ZXDong262 from China, based on Electron. Versions of Electerm prior to 3.7.16 contained a path traversal vulnerability. This vulnerability stemmed from the runWidget function, which directly concatenated user-provided widget identifiers without proper...

PT-2026-38646

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions electerm versions prior to 3.7.16 Description The runWidget function in src/app/widgets/load-widget.js constructs a file path by directly concatenating user-supplied widget identifiers without sanitization. Since runWidget is exposed to the...