CVE-2026-50289: systeminformation: OS command injection in networkInterfaces() via interfaces(5) source-directive path on Linux
sebhildebrandt · systeminformation
Affected: sebhildebrandt systeminformation · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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Higher than 82% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
systeminformation is a System and OS information library for node.js. Prior to 5.31.7, networkInterfaces() on Linux is vulnerable to OS command injection through the Debian/Ubuntu interfaces(5) source directive because lib/network.js checkLinuxDCHPInterfaces() reads /etc/network/interfaces, extracts a source <path> token from file content, and interpolates it unquoted into cat ${file} 2> /dev/null | grep 'iface\|source' executed by execSync(cmd, util.execOptsLinux), allowing a path containing shell metacharacters to execute commands in any process that calls networkInterfaces(), including via getStaticData() and getAllData(). This issue is fixed in version 5.31.7.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- sebhildebrandt · systeminformation< 5.31.7
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- sebhildebrandt
- Published
- July 2026
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