CVE-2026-110640
CRITICAL 9.3Whisper-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.
Severe if exploited (CVSS 9.3), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
2.7%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 86th percentile
Impact if exploited
9.3CVSS 4.0 · CRITICAL
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ✓Privileges: No account or privileges required
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
- ✓Requirements: No special attack requirements
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CVSS vector
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
References and research data (JSON)
All CVSS metrics
- CRITICAL 9.3 v4.0 · CNA Primary
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 - CRITICAL 9.8 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CRITICAL 9.3 v4.0 · NVD Secondary
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CRITICAL 9.8 v3.1 · NVD Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Patches & mitigations
- https://github.com/ariym/whisper-node/pull/64 CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-10-14T14:17:11.249Z
NVD · CVE-2026-110640 · Updated 2026-10-16T19:18:44.867
Advisories
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/whisper-node-through-1.1.1-os-command-injection-via-filepath-and-language CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-10-14T14:17:11.249Z
NVD · CVE-2026-110640 · Updated 2026-10-16T19:18:44.867 - https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-101268 EUVD · EUVD-2026-101268
Technical & other
- https://github.com/ariym/whisper-node/blob/c72944cfa48f5c74662ff17ee2dc1d5f7624393e/src/whisper.ts#L8 CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-10-14T14:17:11.249Z
NVD · CVE-2026-110640 · Updated 2026-10-16T19:18:44.867 - https://github.com/ariym/whisper-node/blob/c72944cfa48f5c74662ff17ee2dc1d5f7624393e/src/whisper.ts#L58 CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-10-14T14:17:11.249Z
NVD · CVE-2026-110640 · Updated 2026-10-16T19:18:44.867 - https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/index.js CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-10-14T14:17:11.249Z
NVD · CVE-2026-110640 · Updated 2026-10-16T19:18:44.867