Vulnerability in ariym whisper-node

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Critical severity: CVSS 9.8

[ Description ]Official description

Whisper-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.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• github.com/ariym/whisper-node/blob/c72944cfa48f5c74662ff17ee2dc1d5f7624393e/src/whisper.ts
• github.com/ariym/whisper-node/blob/c72944cfa48f5c74662ff17ee2dc1d5f7624393e/src/whisper.ts
• github.com/ariym/whisper-node/pull/64
• unpkg.com/whisper-node@1.1.1/dist/index.js
• www.vulncheck.com/advisories/whisper-node-through-1.1.1-os-command-injection-via-filepa…