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Evidence dossier
CVE-2021-21315
Command Injection Vulnerability
gen-56ccdaf9Normalized restatement
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 passed to si.inetLatency(), si.inetChecksite(), si.services(), si.processLoad() ... do only allow strings, reject any arrays. String sanitation works as expected.
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Feb 16, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Evidence coverage
- 72%
2026-07-18 · v2026.06.15 · percentile 99.8%
Distinct CVSS assessments remain side by side; none are averaged.
Source comparison
Who said what
System Information Library for Node.JS Command Injection
Probability 0.902400000000; percentile 0.997860000000
Applicability
Cited product scope
[{"status": "affected", "version": "< 5.3.1"}]unknowncpe:2.3:a:apache:cordova:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:-:*:*supportedcpe:2.3:a:systeminformation:systeminformation:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*; end excluding 5.3.1supportedAssessments
CVSS by origin
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:NCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:NLimitations and unknowns
- KEV membership is authoritative for the catalog, not proof of exposure in any environment.
- EPSS is a dated model probability and not an individual-environment prediction.
- Affected or fixed status applies only to the exact cited product and version scope; unresolved scope remains unknown.
- NVD-carried upstream facts remain derivative and are not independent corroboration.
- Only NVD metrics validated under the generation-bound calculator are Public Priority eligible; direct CVE record metrics remain display-only.
- NVD CVSS source eligibility is closed: NVD-authored, exact record-source, or registered same-CVE container origin; unmapped sources remain display-only.
- Factor D is unknown in Public Core because no accepted canonical mapping-obligation ledger is present.
- Core replay supports the active and immediately prior generation; retrospective valid-at replay is deferred.