Systeminformation has a Command Injection via unsanitized interface parameter in wifi.js retry path

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

  1. Install [email protected]
  2. Call si.wifiNetworks('eth0; id')
  3. 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.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
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Published (advisory)
2026-02-18 21:51:26 UTC
Updated
2026-02-19 21:57:03 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2026-02-18 21:51:26 UTC
NVD published
2026-02-19

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.03% 9.87%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
8.4 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Credits

  • mom3gool (reporter)

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
npm systeminformation < 5.30.8 5.30.8

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence