CVE-2026-26318

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Published 2026-02-18 · Modified 2026-02-19

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CVSS v3

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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

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Description

systeminformation is a System and OS information library for node.js. Versions prior to 5.31.0 are vulnerable to command injection via unsanitized `locate` output in `versions()`. Version 5.31.0 fixes the issue.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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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.

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OS impact

Debian Mixed 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Affected	—
sid	Fixed	`0`
forky	Fixed	`0`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
npm	systeminformation	`<5.31.0`	`5.31.0`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.