CVE-2026-45787 (GCVE-0-2026-45787)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 17:17 – Updated: 2026-05-29 15:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-29 15:29 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/electerm/electerm/security/adv… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/9dd82… | x_refsource_MISC |
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