CVE-2026-45787
electerm's encrypt method not safe enough
Description
### Impact _Insecure sync encryption: 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._ ### Patches - https://github.com/electerm/electerm/commit/9dd8295e37d53396b980cd45dfc5ed11ad79b937 ### Workarounds - No ### References - Report / credit: https://github.com/Curly-Haired-Baboon - Electerm releases: https://github.com/electerm/electerm/releases
How to fix CVE-2026-45787
To remediate CVE-2026-45787, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.9.5 or later
Is CVE-2026-45787 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 3.9.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | 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 |