Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-110640
ariym whisper-node
Whisper-node through 1.1.1 OS Command Injection via filePath and language
CVSS 4.0
9.3Critical
Official description
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ariym | whisper-node | v ≤ 1.1.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
5- https://github.com/ariym/whisper-node/pull/64 patchissue-tracking
- https://github.com/ariym/whisper-node/blob/c72944cfa48f5c74662ff17ee2dc1d5f7624393e/src/whisper.ts#L8 technical-description
- https://github.com/ariym/whisper-node/blob/c72944cfa48f5c74662ff17ee2dc1d5f7624393e/src/whisper.ts#L58 technical-description
- https://unpkg.com/whisper-node@1.1.1/dist/index.js technical-description
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/whisper-node-through-1.1.1-os-command-injection-via-filepath-and-language third-party-advisory
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Details
- Published
- 2026-10-14
- Last updated
- 2026-10-26
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- VulnCheck
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')