CVE-2026-117602

Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.

Description

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.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

8.6 (v4.0)

Vulnerability status

Awaiting Analysis

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-10-27 14:16:40.090000

Last modified

2026-10-27 16:03:45.247000

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  "id": "CVE-2026-117602",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-27T14:16:40.090",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-27T16:03:45.247",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
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    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "spesmilo",
          "product": "electrum",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
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              "versionType": "semver",
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            {
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        }
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          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
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    {
      "url": "https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/032dfcf107da1d31bbee5d64ca978e554fd8e982",
      "source": "[email protected]"
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    {
      "url": "https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/fd7164d6dc1560b6f153c018cabf17e9411c5414",
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      "source": "[email protected]"
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}