CVE-2026-117602
Electrum before 4.7.2 External Plugin Authorization Bypass Local Code Execution
02 Description
Electrum before 4.7.2 External Plugin Authorization Bypass Local Code Execution
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 1.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.6 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-27.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-27 13:09Z1 DAY AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-27 13:09Z1 DAY AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-10-27
- Assigning CNA
- VulnCheck
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.6)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-347Improper Verification of Cryptographic SignatureBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 26f50f72097d47a2946bbea50887e95ebe87289c24dbdf69fc78ff8d4117a1d4
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comGitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-vw94-r84p-66qf)https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/security/advisories/GHSA-vw94-r84p-66qf
- github.comPatch Commithttps://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/032dfcf107da1d31bbee5d64ca978e554fd8e982
- github.comPatch Commithttps://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/fd7164d6dc1560b6f153c018cabf17e9411c5414
- www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: Electrum before 4.7.2 External Plugin Authorization Bypass Local Code Executionhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/electrum-before-4.7.2-external-plugin-authorization-bypass-local-code-execution
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- electrum No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- electrum No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- electrum Fixed in 4.7.2+dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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