GHSA-9c88-49p5-5ggf
Systeminformation has a Command Injection via unsanitized interface parameter in wifi.js retry path
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm | systeminformation | < 5.30.8 | 5.30.8 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
A command injection vulnerability in the `wifiNetworks()` function allows an attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands via an unsanitized network interface parameter in the retry code path.
### Details
In `lib/wifi.js`, the `wifiNetworks()` function sanitizes the `iface` parameter on the initial call (line 437). However, when the initial scan returns empty results, a `setTimeout` retry (lines 440-441) calls `getWifiNetworkListIw(iface)` with the **original unsanitized** `iface` value, which is passed directly to `execSync('iwlist ${iface} scan')`.
### PoC
1. Install `[email protected]`
2. Call `si.wifiNetworks('eth0; id')`
3. The first call sanitizes input, but if results are empty, the retry executes: `iwlist eth0; id scan`
### Impact
Remote Code Execution (RCE). Any application passing user-controlled input to `si.wifiNetworks()` is vulnerable to arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the Node.js process.
References
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