CVE-2026-26280OS Command Injection in Systeminformation

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA8.4
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 19

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 `g

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
Systeminformation has a Command Injection via unsanitized interface parameter in wifi.js retry path2026-02-19
GHSA
Systeminformation has a Command Injection via unsanitized interface parameter in wifi.js retry path2026-02-18
OSV
Systeminformation has a Command Injection via unsanitized interface parameter in wifi.js retry path2026-02-18

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
systeminformation: systeminformation: Arbitrary command execution via unsanitized network interface parameter2026-02-19

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-26280 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
CVE-2026-26280 — OS Command Injection | cvebase