CVE-2026-26318
Versions prior to 5.31.0 are vulnerable to command injection via unsanitized `locate` output in `versions()`.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
systeminformation is a System and OS information library for node.js. Versions prior to 5.31.0 are vulnerable to command injection via unsanitized `locate` output in `versions()`. Version 5.31.0 fixes the issue.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.28% probability · 70th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- systeminformation/systeminformation
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
EPSS 1.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/commit/b67d3715eec881038ccbaace2f2711419ac3e107Patch
- https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/security/advisories/GHSA-5vv4-hvf7-2h46Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26318
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2441124
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-26318.json
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.