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High · 8.8 CVE-2026-26318 EUVD-2026-8239GHSA-5vv4-hvf7-2h46

systeminformation has Command Injection via Unsanitized `locate` Output in `versions()`

Published Feb 19, 2026 · Updated Jul 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
sebhildebrandt systeminformation < 5.31.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 jupyterlab 4.0.11+ds5+~cs11.25.27-1 —
Debian 13 jupyterlab No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 jupyterlab +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS jupyterlab No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 jupyterlab No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm systeminformation < 5.31.0 5.31.0 GHSA-5vv4-hvf7-2h46

References