CVE-2024-56334: sebhildebrandt systeminformation Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-56334 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Code Injection vulnerability in sebhildebrandt systeminformation. EPSS estimates a 0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 20-12-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 24-12-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

systeminformation is a System and OS information library for node.js. In affected versions SSIDs are not sanitized when before they are passed as a parameter to cmd.exe in the `getWindowsIEEE8021x` function. This means that malicious content in the SSID can be executed as OS commands. This vulnerability may enable an attacker, depending on how the package is used, to perform remote code execution or local privilege escalation. This issue has been addressed in version 5.23.7 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.