Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-110639
mborne @mborne/extract
@mborne/extract before 0.2.1 OS Command Injection via archivePath and targetDir
CVSS 4.0
9.3Critical
Official description
@mborne/extract before 0.2.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying shell metacharacters in archivePath or targetDir options. Attackers controlling these values passed to extract() can inject commands into unquoted shelljs exec() strings in the unzip, 7z, tar-bz2 and gz extractors, running them with Node.js process privileges.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3Critical | 4.0 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| 9.8Critical | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mborne | @mborne/extract | v < 0.2.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
5- https://github.com/mborne/node-extract/pull/8 patchissue-tracking
- https://github.com/mborne/node-extract/commit/585e5b29657379e73c04f6f950ea8dc5319f8ae1 patch
- https://github.com/mborne/node-extract/releases/tag/v0.2.1 release-notes
- https://github.com/mborne/node-extract/blob/v0.2.0/src/extractor/unzip.js#L17-L19 technical-description
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mborne-extract-before-0.2.1-os-command-injection-via-archivepath-and-targetdir third-party-advisory
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Details
- Published
- 2026-10-14
- Last updated
- 2026-10-14
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- VulnCheck
- Kolun priority
- 35 · Medium
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.72%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
86%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')