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CVE-2026-50289

systeminformation: OS command injection in networkInterfaces() via interfaces(5) source-directive path on Linux

Published: Jul 17, 2026Updated: Jul 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-78
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.9%
Top 22.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

systeminformation is a System and OS information library for node.js. Prior to 5.31.7, networkInterfaces() on Linux is vulnerable to OS command injection through the Debian/Ubuntu interfaces(5) source directive because lib/network.js checkLinuxDCHPInterfaces() reads /etc/network/interfaces, extracts a source <path> token from file content, and interpolates it unquoted into cat ${file} 2> /dev/null | grep 'iface\|source' executed by execSync(cmd, util.execOptsLinux), allowing a path containing shell metacharacters to execute commands in any process that calls networkInterfaces(), including via getStaticData() and getAllData(). This issue is fixed in version 5.31.7.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

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

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available
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References

https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/security/advisories/GHSA-5xpp-75jx-m839
github.com
https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/commit/bbfddde48672d0ee124fefdb3cb4442fd9dd4f03
github.com
https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/releases/tag/v5.31.7
github.com

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