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CVE-2026-110640: Whisper-node through 1.1.1 OS Command Injection via filePath and language

• 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 2026-10-26
• Weakness: CWE-78

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.

Affected products

• ariym whisper-node: through 1.1.1

References

• https://github.com/ariym/whisper-node/blob/c72944cfa48f5c74662ff17ee2dc1d5f7624393e/src/whisper.ts#L58
• https://github.com/ariym/whisper-node/blob/c72944cfa48f5c74662ff17ee2dc1d5f7624393e/src/whisper.ts#L8
• https://github.com/ariym/whisper-node/pull/64
• https://unpkg.com/whisper-node@1.1.1/dist/index.js
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/whisper-node-through-1.1.1-os-command-injection-via-filepath-and-language

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