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CVE-2026-110640

ariym whisper-node — Whisper-node through 1.1.1 OS Command Injection via filePath and language

EPSS 3%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
47
CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 86.0.860 × 2017.2No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

Whisper-node through 1.1.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying crafted filePath or whisperOptions.language values to whisper(). Attackers can inject shell metacharacters or $() substitution into the command string built by createCppCommand() and run via shelljs exec() to execute commands with Node.js process privileges.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
whisper-node≤ 1.1.1–CNA

Scores by source

VulnCheck (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VulnCheck (CNA)9.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

patchgithub.com/ariym/whisper-node/pull/64writeupgithub.com/ariym/whisper-node/blob/c72944cfa48f5c74662ff17ee2dc1d5f7624393e/src/whisper.ts#L8writeupgithub.com/ariym/whisper-node/blob/c72944cfa48f5c74662ff17ee2dc1d5f7624393e/src/whisper.ts#L58writeupunpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/index.jswriteupvulncheck.com/advisories/whisper-node-through-1.1.1-os-command-injection-via-filepath-and-language