CVE-2026-110640CWE-78command-injection

CVE-2026-110640

Critical · published October 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
3%
Percentile
86.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
9.3 · 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
EPSS
0.02727 · 86.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Published
2026-10-14T19:17Z
References (5)
https://github.com/ariym/whisper-node/blob/c72944cfa48f5c74662ff17ee2dc1d5f7624393e/src/whisper.ts#L58 · [email protected]https://github.com/ariym/whisper-node/blob/c72944cfa48f5c74662ff17ee2dc1d5f7624393e/src/whisper.ts#L8 · [email protected]https://github.com/ariym/whisper-node/pull/64 · [email protected]https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/index.js · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/whisper-node-through-1.1.1-os-command-injection-via-filepath-and-language · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 03:27Z
    EPSS moved — → 3%
    epss
  • 14 OCT 14:17Z
    Whisper-node through 1.1.1 OS Command Injection via filePath and language
    cvelistv5
  • 14 OCT 14:17Z
    Whisper-node through 1.1.1 OS Command Injection via filePath and language
    cvelistv5