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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-26300

systeminformation is an npm package that provides system and OS information library for node.js. In systeminformation before version 4.26.2 there is a command injection vulnerability. Problem was fixed in version 4.26.2 with a shell string sanitation fix.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:09 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-26300

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Sept 2021, 01:15 UTC

systeminformation is an npm package that provides system and OS information library for node.js. In systeminformation before version 4.26.2 there is a command injection vulnerability. Problem was fixed in version 4.26.2 with a shell string sanitation fix.

osv:CVE-2020-26300
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-26300",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "systeminformation is an npm package that provides system and OS information library for node.js. In systeminformation before version 4.26.2 there is a command injection vulnerability. Problem was fixed in version 4.26.2 with a shell string sanitation fix.",
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    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:57.468895469Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "https://www.npmjs.com/package/systeminformation",
        "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fj59-f6c3-3vw4",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384094,
  "published_at": "2021-09-09T01:15:06.93+00:00"
}