SCA: security update for nodejs-whisper (GHSA-2f48-3555-fpx6)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 477853

Description

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

- 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. (CVE-2026-110644)

Solution

Update the nodejs-whisper library and its related packages to version 0.4.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2f48-3555-fpx6

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 477853

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/29/2026

Updated: 10/29/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.38

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-110644

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-110644

cwe: CWE-78