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CVE-2026-110639: @mborne/extract before 0.2.1 OS Command Injection via archivePath and targetDir

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-14 · updated 2026-10-16
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

@mborne/extract before 0.2.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying shell metacharacters in archivePath or targetDir options. Attackers controlling these values passed to extract() can inject commands into unquoted shelljs exec() strings in the unzip, 7z, tar-bz2 and gz extractors, running them with Node.js process privileges.

Affected products

• mborne @mborne/extract: before 0.2.1 — fixed in 0.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: mborne @mborne/extract 0.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/mborne/node-extract/blob/v0.2.0/src/extractor/unzip.js#L17-L19
• https://github.com/mborne/node-extract/commit/585e5b29657379e73c04f6f950ea8dc5319f8ae1
• https://github.com/mborne/node-extract/pull/8
• https://github.com/mborne/node-extract/releases/tag/v0.2.1
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mborne-extract-before-0.2.1-os-command-injection-via-archivepath-and-targetdir

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