CVE-2026-73225
Malicious FTP/SFTP server can force electerm to write files outside download dir (path traversal)
Is CVE-2026-73225 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-73225 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.31% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-73225?
CVE-2026-73225 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.1. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-73225?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-73225. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-73225 affect?
CVE-2026-73225 affects electerm <3.15.120, electerm desktop (Windows/Linux/macOS), Electron-based electerm builds using transfer.jsx. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-73225?
Upgrade to electerm 3.15.120; avoid untrusted FTP/SFTP servers.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Remote path-traversal via FTP/SFTP lets a malicious server write/overwrite arbitrary files as the client user, enabling data theft, persistence, or potential RCE.
Immediate action required
- affected< 3.15.120
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.