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CVE-2026-26280VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2026-26280: sebhildebrandt systeminformation · OS Command Injection

Affects sebhildebrandt systeminformationSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.4 High : upgrade to 5.30.8 soon.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.4High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 71% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 5.30.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 19 Feb 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Upgrade sebhildebrandt systeminformation to 5.30.8.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
sebhildebrandtsysteminformationAffected
  • <5.30.8
Fixed in
  • 5.30.8

AI-suggested

Upgrade systeminformation to version 5.30.8 or later, where the vulnerability is fixed. The vendor advisory from Red Hat confirms the fix in 5.30.8. Until upgraded, avoid passing user-controlled input to the wifiNetworks() function to prevent exploitation.

Description

systeminformation is a System and OS information library for node.js. In versions prior to 5.30.8, a command injection vulnerability in the `wifiNetworks()` function allows an attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands via an unsanitized network interface parameter in the retry code path. In `lib/wifi.js`, the `wifiNetworks()` function sanitizes the `iface` parameter on the initial call (line 437). However, when the initial scan returns empty results, a `setTimeout` retry (lines 440-441) calls `getWifiNetworkListIw(iface)` with the **original unsanitized** `iface` value, which is passed directly to `execSync('iwlist ${iface} scan')`. Any application passing user-controlled input to `si.wifiNetworks()` is vulnerable to arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the Node.js process. Version 5.30.8 fixes the issue.

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