Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Command Injection Vulnerability in systeminformation
CVE-2021-21388
systeminformation is an open source system and OS information library for node.js. A command injection vulnerability has been discovered in versions of systeminformation prior to 5.6.4. The issue has been fixed with a parameter check on user input. Please upgrade to version >= 5.6.4. If you cannot upgrade, be sure to check or sanitize service parameters that are passed to si.inetLatency(), si.inetChecksite(), si.services(), si.processLoad() and other commands. Only allow strings, reject any arrays. String sanitation works as expected.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
8.9
HIGH
Exploitability:2.3
Impact Score:6.0
EPSS Probability:1.85%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-20 ↗CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CWE-78 ↗CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| sebhildebrandt | systeminformation | < 5.6.4 (affected) |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
1.854%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | GitHub, Inc. · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2020-12-22T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2021-04-29T17:20:20 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-03T18:09:16 |
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