CVE-2023-42810
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 2.1%systeminformation SSID Command Injection Vulnerability
Published: 9/21/2023Modified: 6/1/2026
Description
systeminformation is a System Information Library for Node.JS. Versions 5.0.0 through 5.21.6 have a SSID Command Injection Vulnerability. The problem was fixed with a parameter check in version 5.21.7. As a workaround, check or sanitize parameter strings that are passed to `wifiConnections()`, `wifiNetworks()` (string only).
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/node-systeminformationfrom 0
- npm/systeminformation>= 5.0.0, < 5.21.7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42810
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-42810
- PATCHhttps://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation
- WEBhttps://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/commit/7972565812ccb2a610a22911c54c3446f4171392
- WEBhttps://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/security/advisories/GHSA-gx6r-qc2v-3p3v
- WEBhttps://systeminformation.io/security.html