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title: "CVE-2026-110644: nodejs-whisper allows OS command injection through crafted audio file paths"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2026-110644/
description: "CVE-2026-110644 (nodejs-whisper (npm)): nodejs-whisper through 0.3.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in convertToWavType() that allows…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2026-10-14
date_modified: 2026-10-28
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2026-110644"
kev: false
cvss: 9.3
epss: 0.02727
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2026-110644: nodejs-whisper allows OS command injection through crafted audio file paths

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 2.7% , percentile 86: FIRST’s model estimates a 2.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (elevated). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes nodejs-whisper (npm) < 0.4.0, fixed in 0.4.0 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

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.

## Affected packages

- npm `nodejs-whisper` < 0.4.0 → fixed: 0.4.0

## Affected products (CVE record)

- ChetanXpro nodejs-whisper: <= 0.3.1

## Severity

- VulnCheck CVSS 4.0: 9.3 `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`
- VulnCheck CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 4.0: 9.3 `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`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable yes , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-11-05): 2.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 86.

## Sources

- [github.com](https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper/pull/259)
- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-2f48-3555-fpx6](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2f48-3555-fpx6)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2026-110644](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-110644)
- [NVD entry CVE-2026-110644](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110644)
- [github.com](https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper/blob/v0.3.1/src/utils.ts#L58-L59)
- [github.com](https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper/blob/v0.3.1/src/utils.ts#L76-L77)
- [VulnCheck Advisory: nodejs-whisper through 0.3.1 OS Command Injection via convertToWavType](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/nodejs-whisper-through-0.3.1-os-command-injection-via-converttowavtype)
- [github.com](https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper/pull/270)
- [github.com](https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper/commit/957fd84da217dd8c6265418e938a77db0e2c2ae7)
- [github.com](https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper/commit/d93780c9164be5f7e0b2f4094005378923659ce5)
- [github.com](https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper/releases/tag/v0.4.0)

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