CVE-2026-45787
criticalpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.001 · 1 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-25
electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. Prior to 3.9.5, deterministic AES-192-CBC with a fixed zero IV, constant KDF salt, and no MAC leads to confidentiality and integrity failures for synced bookmark/profile data. Attackers can crack common passwords across installs and perform undetected ciphertext bit-flips to alter config/bookmarks. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.9.5.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–critical · 2.3–9.1
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-g29v-q6h7-76whelecterm's encrypt method not safe enough2026-05-14ghsa · osvUS
### Impact _Insecure sync encryption: deterministic AES-192-CBC with a fixed zero IV, constant KDF salt, and no MAC leads to confidentiality and integrity failures for synced bookmark/profile data. Attackers can crack common passwords across installs and perform undetected ciphertext bit-flips to alter config/bookmarks._ ### Patches - https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/9dd8295e37d53396b980cd45dfc5ed11ad79b937 ### Workarounds - No ### References - Report / credit: https://github.com/Curly-Haired-Baboon - Electerm releases: https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases
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references (8)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-45787cnnvd
- https://electerm.html5beta.com/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/9dd8295e37d53396b980cd45dfc5ed11ad79b937cnnvd
- https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-g29v-q6h7-76whcnnvd
- https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/9dd8295e37d53396b980cd45dfc5ed11ad79b937enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-g29v-q6h7-76whenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/9dd8295e37d53396b980cd45dfc5ed11ad79b937Patchnvd
- https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-g29v-q6h7-76whPatchVendor Advisorynvd
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