CVE-2026-45787 (GCVE-0-2026-45787)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 17:17 – Updated: 2026-05-29 15:29
VLAI
Title
electerm's encrypt method not safe enough
Summary
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
6 (Medium)
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
CWE
  • CWE-326 - Inadequate Encryption Strength
  • CWE-329 - Generation of Predictable IV with CBC Mode
  • CWE-353 - Missing Support for Integrity Check
  • CWE-759 - Use of a One-Way Hash without a Salt
  • CWE-916 - Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
electerm electerm Affected: < 3.9.5
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