CVE-2026-110639
Description
@mborne/extract before 0.2.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying shell metacharacters in archivePath or targetDir options. Attackers controlling these values passed to extract() can inject commands into unquoted shelljs exec() strings in the unzip, 7z, tar-bz2 and gz extractors, running them with Node.js process privileges.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/mborne/node-extract/blob/v0.2.0/src/extractor/unzip.js#L17-L19
- https://github.com/mborne/node-extract/commit/585e5b29657379e73c04f6f950ea8dc5319f8ae1
- https://github.com/mborne/node-extract/pull/8
- https://github.com/mborne/node-extract/releases/tag/v0.2.1
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mborne-extract-before-0.2.1-os-command-injection-via-archivepath-and-targetdir
CWEs
CWE-78
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.