# CVE-2026-50289: systeminformation: OS command injection in networkInterfaces() via interfaces(5) source-directive path on Linux

- Also known as: GHSA-5XPP-75JX-M839
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.31.7
- Published: 2026-07-17 · Updated: 2026-07-20

## Affected

- sebhildebrandt systeminformation: fixed in 5.31.7
- systeminformation (npm): fixed in 5.31.7

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sebhildebrandt systeminformation, systeminformation, upgrade to a fixed version (5.31.7) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/security/advisories/GHSA-5xpp-75jx-m839
- https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/commit/bbfddde48672d0ee124fefdb3cb4442fd9dd4f03
- https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/releases/tag/v5.31.7

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