CVE-2026-117602 PUBLISHED

Electrum before 4.7.2 External Plugin Authorization Bypass Local Code Execution

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 27.10.2026 Published: 27.10.2026 Updated: 27.10.2026

Electrum 4.6.0 before 4.7.2 contains an authorization bypass in the external plugin loader, which executes a plugin's init.py module when the plugin is marked enabled in the config file, without verifying its plugin-password signature. A rogue local process with write access to the Electrum data directory can place plugin code in the plugins/ folder and mark it enabled, causing arbitrary code execution inside the Electrum process.

Metrics

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
CVSS Score: 8.6

Product Status

Vendor spesmilo
Product electrum
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 4.7.2 (excl.)
  • Version 4.7.2 is unaffected

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature CWE