CVE-2026-44724
From 4.17.0 to 5.31.5, on Linux, systeminformation is vulnerable to command injection in networkInterfaces() when an active NetworkManager connection profile name contains shell metacharacters.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.78%). 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. From 4.17.0 to 5.31.5, on Linux, systeminformation is vulnerable to command injection in networkInterfaces() when an active NetworkManager connection profile name contains shell metacharacters. The vulnerable value is obtained internally from real nmcli device status output. The library sanitizes the network interface name before using it in shell commands, but it does not apply equivalent sanitization to the parsed NetworkManager connection profile name. That unsanitized connectionName is then interpolated into three shell command strings executed through execSync(). This vulnerability is fixed in 5.31.6.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.78% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/security/advisories/GHSA-hvx9-hwr7-wjj9
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33574
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44724
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2482416
- https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/security/advisories/GHSA-hvx9-hwr7-wjj9
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-44724.json
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.