OS command injection in whisper-node lets attackers run commands
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
The ariym whisper-node package through 1.1.1 contains an OS command injection flaw (CWE-78) because it places user-supplied values into a shell command string. A remote attacker with no privileges and no user interaction can supply a crafted filePath or language value to whisper() to run commands with the privileges of the Node.js process.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Whisper-node through 1.1.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying crafted filePath or whisperOptions.language values to whisper(). Attackers can inject shell metacharacters or $() substitution into the command string built by createCppCommand() and run via shelljs exec() to execute commands with Node.js process privileges.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for whisper-node.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-14 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-110640
- 2026-10-14 Alias added: GHSA-4wmj-6xhg-gxhm
- 2026-10-26 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-110640 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-110640 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4wmj-6xhg-gxhm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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