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CVE-2020-26245

Prototype Pollution leading to Command Injection in systeminformation

Published: Nov 27, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-78
8.1HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.9%
Top 22.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

npm package systeminformation before version 4.30.5 is vulnerable to Prototype Pollution leading to Command Injection. The issue was fixed with a rewrite of shell sanitations to avoid prototyper pollution problems. The issue is fixed in version 4.30.5. If you cannot upgrade, be sure to check or sanitize service parameter strings that are passed to si.inetChecksite().

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:CC:HI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-78CWE-471

Affected Products

systeminformation
oss-projectaka systeminformation (node.js)
systeminformationLibrary
OSS Libraries / npm
npm
package-ecosystem
systeminformation
OSS Libraries
sebhildebrandt
individual-devaka systeminformation
systeminformationLibrary
Consumer Software / productivity

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/commit/8113ff0e87b2f422a5756c48f1057575e73af016
github.com
https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/security/advisories/GHSA-4v2w-h9jm-mqjg
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26245
nvd.nist.gov

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