---
id: "CVE-2026-110644"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-110644", "GHSA-2f48-3555-fpx6"]
title: "nodejs-whisper allows OS command injection through crafted audio file paths"
severity: "critical"
cvss: 9.8
epss: 0.02727
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "nodejs-whisper", "fixed": ["0.4.0"], "affected": "< 0.4.0", "ecosystem": "npm"}]
ecosystems: ["npm"]
tags: ["cwe-78", "nodejs", "nodejs-whisper", "npm", "package", "speech-to-text"]
not_affected_if: ["fixed-file-names", "no-user-input-in-paths"]
published_at: "2026-10-14T15:17:17+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-28T21:07:44+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-28T21:35:45+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "ghsa", "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2f48-3555-fpx6", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-28T21:07:44+00:00"}, {"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110644", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-28T21:35:45+00:00"}]
---

# nodejs-whisper allows OS command injection through crafted audio file paths

nodejs-whisper passes audio file paths into a shell command built with string interpolation in convertToWavType(), so a file name containing $() or a closing quote runs attacker-chosen commands. The commands run with the privileges of the Node.js process.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- npm:nodejs-whisper affected < 0.4.0 fixed 0.4.0

## How to check

- Run `npm ls nodejs-whisper` in each project to find the installed version.
- Check whether application code passes user-supplied file names or paths into nodejs-whisper transcription calls.

## Fix

- Upgrade `nodejs-whisper` to `0.4.0` or later.
- Until upgraded, do not pass user-controlled file names to nodejs-whisper; rename uploads to server-generated names.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-28T21:07:44+00:00 ghsa https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2f48-3555-fpx6
- 2026-10-28T21:35:45+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110644

## From the sources

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.

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