CVE-2026-94106
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
8.7
VIR risk
8.8
Description
getID3 before 1.9.26 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in shell-out handlers that fail to escape filenames in command strings. Attackers can craft malicious filenames containing shell metacharacters to inject arbitrary commands executed with the privileges of the process embedding getID3.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
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.
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/JamesHeinrich/getID3
- https://github.com/JamesHeinrich/getID3/blob/fefffe762b02be155dcc32eec57feff8a49bc4b5/getid3/write.vorbiscomment.php#L85-L110
- https://github.com/JamesHeinrich/getID3/commit/2c6f3f96546f05746405872848114754ed7fe9b4
- https://github.com/JamesHeinrich/getID3/commit/ce598c4f3823441d878c5a7a2a9f2f703a3e10b6
- https://github.com/JamesHeinrich/getID3/issues/503
- https://github.com/JamesHeinrich/getID3/releases/tag/v1.9.26
- https://github.com/JamesHeinrich/getID3/security/advisories/GHSA-qf3m-pmjh-h6fx
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/getid3-before-1.9.26-os-command-injection-via-unescaped-filenames
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.