CVE-2021-21315 on CISA KEV

The 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

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

The 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…

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• www.npmjs.com — https://www.npmjs.com/package/systeminformation
• github.com — https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/security/advisories/GHSA-2m8…
• github.com — https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/commit/07daa05fb06f24f96297a…
• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8afea9a83ed568f2647cccc6d8d06126f9815715dd…
• security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0007/

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

06Detection

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