systeminformation is a System and OS information library for node.js. Prior to 5.33.14, the Linux networkStats(iface) implementation uses the caller-supplied interface value in an fs.existsSync() check and to build /sys/class/net/<iface> paths, including the operstate path, without verifying that it is a single interface-name segment or that the resolved path remains under /sys/class/net. An attacker who can control iface and create a directory containing symlinked statistics files can use parent-directory components and symlink traversal to make the API return the first line of a file readable by the Node.js process. The package does not expose a network endpoint, and the demonstrated scenario requires local filesystem setup. This issue is fixed in version 5.33.14.
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| Description | systeminformation is a System and OS information library for node.js. Prior to 5.33.14, the Linux networkStats(iface) implementation uses the caller-supplied interface value in an fs.existsSync() check and to build /sys/class/net/<iface> paths, including the operstate path, without verifying that it is a single interface-name segment or that the resolved path remains under /sys/class/net. An attacker who can control iface and create a directory containing symlinked statistics files can use parent-directory components and symlink traversal to make the API return the first line of a file readable by the Node.js process. The package does not expose a network endpoint, and the demonstrated scenario requires local filesystem setup. This issue is fixed in version 5.33.14. | |
| Title | systeminformation: Path traversal in Linux networkStats() allows symlink-based file disclosure outside /sys/class/net | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-22 CWE-59 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-27T16:38:15.558Z
Reserved: 2026-10-26T20:00:59.828Z
Link: CVE-2026-116673
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-27T17:16:59.297
Modified: 2026-10-27T17:16:59.417
Link: CVE-2026-116673
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Updated: 2026-10-27T18:15:06Z