Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-45787 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-45787 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-45787?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 28 May 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- electerm (npm) < 3.9.5, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=3.9.5.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-45787?
- Yes. electerm (npm): upgrade to 3.9.5 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-45787 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-45787?
- Check whether you run electerm (npm) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- electerm (npm): upgrade to 3.9.5 or later
npm install electerm@3.9.5
Technical details
Electerm's synchronization mechanism employs deterministic AES-192-CBC encryption with a fixed zero Initialization Vector (IV), a constant Key Derivation Function (KDF) salt, and lacks a Message Authentication Code (MAC). These cryptographic weaknesses allow for offline password cracking across different installations and enable undetected ciphertext bit-flipping attacks. An attacker with access to the synced data can compromise the confidentiality of bookmarks and profiles or modify configurations. The vulnerability is addressed in version 3.9.5 by improving the encryption implementation.
Affected products
- electerm electerm < 3.9.5
Identifiers
- CVE-2026-45787
- GHSA-g29v-q6h7-76wh
Timeline
- 2026-05-13: disclosed
- 2026-05-14: advisory: GHSA-g29v-q6h7-76wh published
- 2026-05-14: patched: Version 3.9.5 released
References
- https://api.github.com/users/Curly-Haired-Baboon
- https://github.com/Curly-Haired-Baboon
- https://api.github.com/users/Curly-Haired-Baboon/gists%7B/gist_id%7D
- https://api.github.com/users/Curly-Haired-Baboon/repos
- https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/227850795?v=4
- https://api.github.com/users/Curly-Haired-Baboon/events%7B/privacy%7D