GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-2m8v-572m-ff2v Command Injection Vulnerability

HIGH Published 2021-02-16 Modified 2025-10-22 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2021-21315
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
systeminformation
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H
Weaknesses
CWE-78
Reviewed
2021-02-16

Affected packages

• npm systeminformation: < 5.3.1 → fixed in 5.3.1

Description

Impact command injection vulnerability Patches Problem was fixed with a parameter check. Please upgrade to version >= 5.3.1 Workarounds If you cannot upgrade, be sure to check or sanitize service parameters that are passed to si.inetLatency(), si.inetChecksite(), si.services(), si.processLoad() ... do only allow strings, reject any arrays. String sanitation works as expected.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2021-21315 The System Information Library for Node.JS (npm package "systeminformation") is an open source collection of functions to retrieve detailed… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness

References