GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-2f48-3555-fpx6 nodejs-whisper allows OS command injection through crafted audio file paths
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-110644
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- nodejs-whisper
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
- Reviewed
- 2026-10-28
Affected packages
• npm nodejs-whisper: < 0.4.0 → fixed in 0.4.0
Description
nodejs-whisper through 0.3.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in convertToWavType() that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying crafted audio file paths. Attackers can provide file names containing $() command substitution or closing quotes, which are interpolated into an ffmpeg command run via shelljs exec(), executing OS commands with Node.js process privileges.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-110644 nodejs-whisper through 0.3.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in convertToWavType() that allows attackers to execute commands… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110644 advisory
- https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper/pull/259 web
- https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper/pull/270 web
- https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper/commit/957fd84da217dd8c6265418e938a77db0e2c2ae7 web
- https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper/commit/d93780c9164be5f7e0b2f4094005378923659ce5 web
- https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper package
- https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper/blob/v0.3.1/src/utils.ts#L58-L59 web
- https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper/blob/v0.3.1/src/utils.ts#L76-L77 web
- https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper/releases/tag/v0.4.0 web
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nodejs-whisper-through-0.3.1-os-command-injection-via-converttowavtype web