What is CVE-2026-73227?

CVE-2026-73227 is a high-severity vulnerability in Electerm, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2026-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2026-73227?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Electerm

CVE-2026-73227

electerm is an open-sourced terminal/ssh/sftp/telnet/serialport/RDP/VNC/Spice/ftp client. Prior to 3.15.120, electerm allows a malicious RDP server to write attacker-controlled content outside the selected save directory because the RDP cl…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Electerm — versions < 3.15.120

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-73227?: CVE-2026-73227 is a high-severity vulnerability in Electerm, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2026-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2026-73227?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.