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Command Injection Vulnerability in systeminformation

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Apr 2, 2021 in sebhildebrandt/systeminformation • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

npm systeminformation (npm)

Affected versions

< 5.6.4

Patched versions

5.6.4

Description

Impact

command injection vulnerability

Patches

Problem was fixed with a parameter check. Please upgrade to version >= 5.6.4

Workarounds

If you cannot upgrade, be sure to check or sanitize service parameters that are passed to si.inetLatency(), si.inetChecksite(), si.services(), si.processLoad() ... do only allow strings, reject any arrays. String sanitation works as expected.

References

@sebhildebrandt sebhildebrandt published to sebhildebrandt/systeminformation Apr 2, 2021
Reviewed Apr 2, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 6, 2021
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 29, 2021
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H

EPSS score

0.818%
(82nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-21388

GHSA ID

GHSA-jff2-qjw8-5476

Source code

No known source code
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