CVE-2026-44724
HighCVSS 7.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk53th percentile - higher than 53% of all known CVEs
Summary
The systeminformation library for Node.js versions 4.17.0 to 5.31.5 is vulnerable to command injection in the networkInterfaces() function on Linux. This occurs when an active NetworkManager connection profile name contains shell metacharacters that are not properly sanitized before being used in shell commands.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary system commands with the privileges of the Node.js process, potentially leading to server compromise or data exfiltration.
Recommendation
Immediately update the systeminformation library to version 5.31.6 or later, which includes a fix for this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in systeminformation
See all- CVE-2026-50289High
The systeminformation library for Node.js before version 5.31.7 is vulnerable to OS command injection via the networkInterfaces() function on Linux. The issue stems from improper handling of the source directive in network configuration files, allowing arbitrary command execution.
- CVE-2026-26318High
The systeminformation library for Node.js prior to version 5.31.0 is vulnerable to command injection via unsanitized `locate` output in the `versions()` function. An attacker can exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary system commands.
- CVE-2026-26280High
The systeminformation library for Node.js contains a command injection vulnerability in the `wifiNetworks()` function. In the retry code path, the `iface` parameter is not sanitized, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.