CVE-2026-26280 — OS Command Injection in Systeminformation
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
CNA8.4
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
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
3CVEList▶
Systeminformation has a Command Injection via unsanitized interface parameter in wifi.js retry path↗2026-02-19
GHSA▶
Systeminformation has a Command Injection via unsanitized interface parameter in wifi.js retry path↗2026-02-18
OSV▶
Systeminformation has a Command Injection via unsanitized interface parameter in wifi.js retry path↗2026-02-18
📋Vendor Advisories
1Red Hat▶
systeminformation: systeminformation: Arbitrary command execution via unsanitized network interface parameter↗2026-02-19