CVE-2026-43941

CRITICALNVD 9.69.6
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

This critical-severity CVE scores 9.6 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4% (33rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory CVSS 8.8 is lower than this score; a lower GitHub score revises it only when its advisory is newer than the CVE record's last change, and this advisory (published 2026-05-08) is not newer than that change (2026-05-08), so it does not.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from NVD CVSS v3
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 3 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2026-28513 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationNo fix is confirmed yet: check the vendor's advisory for a fixed release; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation on your normal schedule (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 9.6Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. In versions 3.8.15 and prior, Electerm's terminal hyperlink handler passes any URL clicked in the terminal directly to shell.openExternal without any protocol validation. An attacker who controls terminal output (e.g., via a malicious SSH server, compromised remote host, or malicious plugin rendering terminal content) can thus achieve arbitrary code execution or local file access on the victim's machine, requiring only that the victim clicks a displayed link. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

CVSS v3
9.6
EG Score
9.6CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
43
EG Risk 43/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity96% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.6 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.4% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Check the vendor's advisory for a fixed release; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation on your normal schedule.
EPSS PROB
0.4%
EPSS %ILE
33rd
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.6): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.6 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.6 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v3 · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
EG Likelihood
0.4% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-01). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: it starts when an agency identifies the flaw on an asset and updates the CDM Agency and Federal Dashboard, and the directive counts patching, decommissioning the system or another action as remediation. Until a fixed release is applied, mitigate as this page's verdict says. In the directive's words, “Fix on system upgrade” means that, “unless conditions change”, the vulnerability “should be remediated the next time the vulnerable asset receives a scheduled major upgrade or rebuild”: its timelines are “dynamic as facts change”, and a KEV listing shortens them.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Check the vendor's advisory for a fixed release; until one is applied, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation on your normal schedule.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

No released fix is confirmed on this page, but CISA's timeline does not wait for a fix's release: it starts when an agency identifies the flaw on an asset and updates the CDM Agency and Federal Dashboard, and the directive counts patching, decommissioning the system or another action as remediation. Until a fixed release is applied, mitigate as this page's verdict says. In the directive's words, “Fix on system upgrade” means that, “unless conditions change”, the vulnerability “should be remediated the next time the vulnerable asset receives a scheduled major upgrade or rebuild”: its timelines are “dynamic as facts change”, and a KEV listing shortens them.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

May 8, 2026

Last Modified

May 8, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Oct 2, 2026
No fix on record yet. Sources: github.
GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)

Unvalidated shell.openExternal in electerm allows arbitrary protocol execution via terminal link click · Advisory · electerm/electerm · GitHub

https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
npmelecterm—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
electerm—
  • every version through 3.8.15: no fix on record
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Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 19× in last 7d / 75× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 317 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 217 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-01 20:35 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-01 20:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  3. 2026-11-01 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 33rd percentile
  4. 2026-10-31 18:58 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-31 18:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  6. 2026-10-31 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 33rd percentile
  7. 2026-10-30 17:21 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-30 17:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  9. 2026-10-30 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 33rd percentile
  10. 2026-10-29 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 33rd percentile
  11. 2026-10-29 15:45 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-29 15:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  13. 2026-10-28 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 33rd percentile
  14. 2026-10-28 14:03 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-28 14:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  16. 2026-10-27 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 33rd percentile
  17. 2026-10-27 12:09 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-27 12:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  19. 2026-10-26 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 33rd percentile
  20. 2026-10-26 10:33 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-26 10:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  22. 2026-10-25 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.4% · 33rd percentile
  23. 2026-10-25 14:28 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-10-25 08:54 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-25 08:54 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
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  1. 2026-10-24 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  2. 2026-10-24 07:17 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-24 07:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  4. 2026-10-23 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  5. 2026-10-23 05:40 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-23 05:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  7. 2026-10-22 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  8. 2026-10-22 04:03 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-22 04:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  10. 2026-10-21 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  11. 2026-10-21 02:25 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-21 02:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  13. 2026-10-20 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  14. 2026-10-20 00:45 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-20 00:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  16. 2026-10-19 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  17. 2026-10-18 23:06 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-18 23:06 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  19. 2026-10-18 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  20. 2026-10-18 03:39 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-17 21:28 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-17 21:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  23. 2026-10-17 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  24. 2026-10-16 19:51 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-10-16 19:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  26. 2026-10-16 16:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  27. 2026-10-15 17:11 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-10-15 17:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  29. 2026-10-15 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
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  31. 2026-10-14 11:09 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-10-14 11:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  33. 2026-10-13 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  34. 2026-10-13 09:31 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-10-13 09:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  36. 2026-10-12 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
  37. 2026-10-12 16:05 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-10-12 07:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fwf6-j56g-m97c · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 8.8
  39. 2026-10-11 19:47 UTCEG score recompute
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  42. 2026-10-11 13:48 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 41st percentile
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43941?
CVE-2026-43941 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on May 8, 2026. electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. In versions 3.8.15 and prior, Electerm's terminal hyperlink handler passes any URL clicked in the terminal directly to shell.openExternal without any protocol validation. An attacker who controls terminal…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-43941 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-43941 was published on May 8, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of May 8, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-43941 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43941 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (33rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43941?
CVE-2026-43941 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43941?
No fix for CVE-2026-43941 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

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