CVE-2026-26318 (GCVE-0-2026-26318)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-02-19 19:48
Modified
2026-07-15 01:15
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Summary
systeminformation is a System and OS information library for node.js. Versions prior to 5.31.0 are vulnerable to command injection via unsanitized `locate` output in `versions()`. Version 5.31.0 fixes the issue.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sebhildebrandt | systeminformation |
Version: < 5.31.0 |
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