{"id":"CVE-2026-45787","aliases":["EUVD-2026-32959","GHSA-g29v-q6h7-76wh"],"status":"published","title":"electerm's encrypt method not safe enough","description":"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.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00105,"percentile":0.0107,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-326","CWE-329","CWE-353","CWE-759","CWE-916"],"published":"2026-05-14T20:30:04Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:42Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"electerm","fixed_in":["3.9.5"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"electerm","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.9.5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"electerm","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.9.5"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"electerm","product":"electerm"},{"vendor":"electerm_project","product":"electerm"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/advisories/GHSA-g29v-q6h7-76wh","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Patch","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/9dd8295e37d53396b980cd45dfc5ed11ad79b937","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases/tag/v3.9.5","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45787","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g29v-q6h7-76wh"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45787.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/electerm/electerm","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-45787","title":"electerm's encrypt method not safe enough","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-28T17:17:56.385Z","modified":"2026-05-29T15:29:15.127Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-326","CWE-329","CWE-353","CWE-759","CWE-916"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:46:32.755125Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-32959","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-28T17:17:56Z","modified":"2026-05-29T15:29:15Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:21:00.772434Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-g29v-q6h7-76wh","title":"electerm's encrypt method not safe enough","description":"### Impact\n_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._\n\n### Patches\n\n- https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/9dd8295e37d53396b980cd45dfc5ed11ad79b937\n\n### Workarounds\n\n- No\n\n### References\n- Report / credit: https://github.com/Curly-Haired-Baboon\n- Electerm releases: https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases","status":"published","published":"2026-05-14T20:30:04Z","modified":"2026-06-09T10:20:27Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-326","CWE-329","CWE-353","CWE-759","CWE-916"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:40:22.540562Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-45787","description":"electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. 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This vulnerability is fixed in 3.9.5.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-28T18:16:35.977Z","modified":"2026-06-17T10:52:33.477Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-326","CWE-329","CWE-353","CWE-759","CWE-916"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:21.244426Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-45787","title":"electerm's encrypt method not safe enough","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-28T17:17:56.385Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:42.936178034Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-326","CWE-329","CWE-353","CWE-759","CWE-916"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:05.525666Z"},{"id":"GHSA-g29v-q6h7-76wh","title":"electerm's encrypt method not safe enough","description":"### Impact\n_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._\n\n### Patches\n\n- https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/9dd8295e37d53396b980cd45dfc5ed11ad79b937\n\n### Workarounds\n\n- No\n\n### References\n- Report / credit: https://github.com/Curly-Haired-Baboon\n- Electerm releases: https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases","status":"published","published":"2026-05-14T20:30:04Z","modified":"2026-06-09T10:30:11.459761231Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-326","CWE-329","CWE-353","CWE-759","CWE-916"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:47.119724Z"}]}}