CVE-2021-21315

Summary

CVECVE-2021-21315
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-16 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe System Information Library for Node.JS (npm package "systeminformation") is an open source collection of functions to retrieve detailed hardware, system and OS information. In systeminformation before version 5.3.1 there is a command injection vulnerability. Problem was fixed in version 5.3.1. As a workaround instead of upgrading, be sure to check or sanitize service parameters that are passed to si.inetLatency(), si.inetChecksite(), si.services(), si.processLoad() ... do only allow strings, reject any arrays. String sanitation works as expected.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.939600000 probability, percentile 0.998880000 (date 2026-04-28)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2022-01-18; due 2022-02-01; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-78

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorNpm package
ProductSystem Information Library for Node.JS
NameSystem Information Library for Node.JS Command Injection
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21315

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Cordova 10.0.0 All All All
Application Apache Cordova 10.0.0 All All All
Application Systeminformation Systeminformation All All All All
Application Systeminformation Systeminformation All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Command Injection Vulnerability · Advisory · sebhildebrandt/systeminformation · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
docker, processLoad fixed potential security issue · sebhildebrandt/systeminformation@07daa05 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[cordova-issues] 20210224 [GitHub] [cordova-cli] iva2k opened a new issue #549: update systeminformation package to >=5.3.1 lists.apache.org
CVE-2021-21315 Node.JS Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
systeminformation - npm MISC www.npmjs.com Product, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 150503 NodeJS Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2021-21315)
  • 982907 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for systeminformation (GHSA-2m8v-572m-ff2v)
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