GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-9c88-49p5-5ggf Systeminformation has a Command Injection via unsanitized interface parameter in wifi.js retry path
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-26280
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- systeminformation
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
- Reviewed
- 2026-02-18
Affected packages
• npm systeminformation: < 5.30.8 → fixed in 5.30.8
Description
Summary
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.
Details
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')`.
PoC
1. Install `[email protected]`
2. Call `si.wifiNetworks('eth0; id')`
3. The first call sanitizes input, but if results are empty, the retry executes: `iwlist eth0; id scan`
Impact
Remote Code Execution (RCE). Any application passing user-controlled input to `si.wifiNetworks()` is vulnerable to arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the Node.js process.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-26280 systeminformation is a System and OS information library for node.js. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/security/advisories/GHSA-9c88-49p5-5ggf web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26280 advisory
- https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/commit/22242aa56188f2bffcbd7d265a11e1ebb808b460 web
- https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation package