OS Command Injection in systeminformation

HIGH 7.3CVE-2020-7778 · GHSA-8j36-q8x7-pm6q · SNYK-JS-SYSTEMINFORMATION-1043753 · Published 26/11/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-7778 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.3) vulnerability affecting systeminformation (systeminformation), systeminformation.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.4%, higher than 84.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 4.30.2 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
systeminformation systeminformation	`< 4.30.2`	`4.30.2`
systeminformation npm	`< 4.30.2`	`4.30.2`

Description

This affects the package systeminformation before 4.30.2. The attacker can overwrite the properties and functions of an object, which can lead to executing OS commands.

NVD description

This affects the package systeminformation before 4.30.2. The attacker can overwrite the properties and functions of an object, which can lead to executing OS commands.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7778 · ADVISORY
sebhildebrandt/systeminformation commit 11103a4 · WEB
sebhildebrandt/systeminformation commit 73dce8d · WEB
gist.github.com/EffectRenan/b434438938eed0b21b376cedf5c81e80 · WEB
sebhildebrandt/systeminformation · WEB
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SYSTEMINFORMATION-1043753 · WEB

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

systeminformation

< 4.30.2

4.30.2

systeminformation

npm

< 4.30.2

4.30.2

Description

This affects the package systeminformation before 4.30.2. The attacker can overwrite the properties and functions of an object, which can lead to executing OS commands.

NVD description

This affects the package systeminformation before 4.30.2. The attacker can overwrite the properties and functions of an object, which can lead to executing OS commands.

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