CVE-2026-117602 Electrum - Authorization Bypass

Electrum < 4.7.2 contains an authorization bypass caused by lack of plugin-password signature verification in the external plugin loader, letting a local attacker with write access execute arbitrary code inside the Electrum process, exploit requires local write access to Electrum data directory.

CVSS base score 8.4 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
EPSS
0.11% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Authorization Bypass
Impact
Remote Code Execution
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
27 October 2026
Updated
29 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-347

Vendor fix

Update to version 4.7.2 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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