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SCA: security update for systeminformation (GHSA-4vjg-vx72-qq4g)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 477806

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - systeminformation is a System and OS information library for node.js. Prior to 5.33.14, the Linux
 networkStats(iface) implementation uses the caller-supplied interface value in an fs.existsSync() check
 and to build /sys/class/net/<iface> paths, including the operstate path, without verifying that it is a
 single interface-name segment or that the resolved path remains under /sys/class/net. An attacker who can
 control iface and create a directory containing symlinked statistics files can use parent-directory
 components and symlink traversal to make the API return the first line of a file readable by the Node.js
 process. The package does not expose a network endpoint, and the demonstrated scenario requires local
 filesystem setup. This issue is fixed in version 5.33.14. (CVE-2026-116673)

Solution

Update the systeminformation library and its related packages to version 5.33.14 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4vjg-vx72-qq4g

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 477806

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/29/2026

Updated: 10/29/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-116673

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-116673