sebhildebrandt/systeminformation · Security
Systeminformation has a Command Injection via unsanitized interface parameter in wifi.js retry path
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-9c88-49p5-5ggf
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-26280
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 8.4 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 8.4 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
Summary
A command injection vulnerability in the wifiNetworks() function allows an attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands via an unsanitized network interface parameter in the retry code path.
Details
In lib/wifi.js, the wifiNetworks() function sanitizes the iface parameter on the initial call (line 437). However, when the initial scan returns empty results, a setTimeout retry (lines 440-441) calls getWifiNetworkListIw(iface) with the original unsanitized iface value, which is passed directly to execSync('iwlist ${iface} scan').
PoC
- Install
[email protected] - Call
si.wifiNetworks('eth0; id') - The first call sanitizes input, but if results are empty, the retry executes:
iwlist eth0; id scan
Impact
Remote Code Execution (RCE). Any application passing user-controlled input to si.wifiNetworks() is vulnerable to arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the Node.js process.
CWEs
- CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')