CVE-2026-50289
HIGHsysteminformation: OS command injection in networkInterfaces() via interfaces(5) source-directive path on Linux
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
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https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/security/advisories/GHSA-5xpp-75jx-m839
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https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/commit/bbfddde48672d0ee124fefdb3cb4442fd9dd4f03
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https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/releases/tag/v5.31.7
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0187
EPSS Percentile
77.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-78
Status
published
Products (2)
sebhildebrandt/systeminformation
< 5.31.7
systeminformation/systeminformation
< 5.31.7
Published
Jul 17, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 18, 2026