{"id":"CVE-2026-73223","title":"electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client","summary":"electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. Prior to 3.15.120, electerm allows a malicious SFTP server to write attacker-controlled content outside the temporary directory because the server-…","severity":"high","cvss":8.1,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-22"],"published":"2026-08-11","updated":"2026-09-09","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-09T20:55:04.493","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73223","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/32ea29365762b3451b1f2fcc0ef78104384db282","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.15.120","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-4cgc-4vgf-q55c","label":"security-advisories@github.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00311,"epssPercentile":0.24157,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-09T21:22:45.529Z","slug":"CVE-2026-73223","body":"## Overview\n\nelecterm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. Prior to 3.15.120, electerm allows a malicious SFTP server to write attacker-controlled content outside the temporary directory because the server-controlled filename name used by editWithSystemEditor in src/client/components/sftp/file-item.jsx is interpolated into path.resolve without sanitization. This issue is fixed in version 3.15.120.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":45,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":44.6,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}