GHSA-2f48-3555-fpx6

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2f48-3555-fpx6
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-2f48-3555-fpx6/GHSA-2f48-3555-fpx6.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-2f48-3555-fpx6
Aliases
Published
2026-10-14T15:32:28Z
Modified
2026-10-28T21:15:04Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 9.3 (Critical) CVSS_V4 - 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 CVSS Calculator
Summary
nodejs-whisper allows OS command injection through crafted audio file paths
Details

nodejs-whisper through 0.3.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in convertToWavType() that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying crafted audio file paths. Attackers can provide file names containing $() command substitution or closing quotes, which are interpolated into an ffmpeg command run via shelljs exec(), executing OS commands with Node.js process privileges.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-78"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-10-28T21:06:52Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-10-14T15:17:17Z",
    "severity":  "CRITICAL"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / nodejs-whisper

Package

Name
nodejs-whisper
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Purl
pkg:npm/nodejs-whisper

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.4.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-2f48-3555-fpx6/GHSA-2f48-3555-fpx6.json"