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systeminformation SSID Command Injection Vulnerability

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 21, 2023 in sebhildebrandt/systeminformation • Updated Nov 4, 2023

Package

npm systeminformation (npm)

Affected versions

>= 5.0.0, < 5.21.7

Patched versions

5.21.7

Description

Impact

SSID Command Injection Vulnerability

Patches

Problem was fixed with a parameter check. Please upgrade to version >= 5.21.7, Version 4 was not affected

Workarounds

If you cannot upgrade, be sure to check or sanitize parameter strings that are passed to wifiConnections(), wifiNetworks() (string only)

References

See also https://systeminformation.io/security.html

References

@sebhildebrandt sebhildebrandt published to sebhildebrandt/systeminformation Sep 21, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 21, 2023
Reviewed Sep 21, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 21, 2023
Last updated Nov 4, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-42810

GHSA ID

GHSA-gx6r-qc2v-3p3v

Source code

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