Termix: OS command injection in ACME/Let's Encrypt certificate-request handler via admin-controlled domain/email
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
Termix is a web-based server management platform with SSH terminal, tunneling, and file editing capabilities. From 2.4.1 until 2.5.1, an authenticated Termix administrator can store attacker-controlled domain and email values through PATCH /users/acme-ssl-settings and trigger their interpolation into a certbot shell command through POST /users/acme-ssl-request. In src/backend/database/routes/acme-ssl-routes.ts, child_process.execSync invokes /bin/sh -c with those values only wrapped in double quotes, so shell metacharacters can execute arbitrary operating-system commands as the Termix backend process. Both HTTP webroot and DNS Cloudflare challenge modes are affected, and compromise exposes Termix databases, process secrets, stored credentials, and network reachability. This issue is fixed in version 2.5.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Termix-SSH | Termix | 2.4.1 to before 2.5.1 | 2.5.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- Termix VendorTermix-SSH Affected 2.4.1 to before 2.5.1 Fixed in 2.5.1 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:termix:termix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | Termix-SSH |
- cpe:2.3:a:termix:termix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Termix-SSH
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Termix (Termix-SSH) Fixed in 2.5.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-79766
References
Other 5
- https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Termix/security/advisories/GHSA-pr55-25gf-5f9v
- https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Termix/pull/1067
- https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Termix/commit/c7a9063a72071153723e668787548766c971f029
- https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Termix/commit/ddbdd5c437c2296607dfaa4265d6f63fbc1ca92e
- https://github.com/Termix-SSH/Termix/releases/tag/release-2.5.1-tag
More Termix-SSH vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-33485 Termix Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via SSH Tunnel Forward Command Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-37339 Termix' official Docker image contains an authentication bypass vulnerability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-83673 Path traversal in Termix-SSH Termix file transfer CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-38619 Termix: IDOR — Authenticated user can fetch SSH passwords for hosts owned by other users CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2026-38617 Termix: Missing authorization in SSH host credential resolution exposes stored credentials CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2026-33481 Termix has an OS Command Injection in File Manager resolvePath endpoint CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
Sources
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