CVE-2026-116576 systeminformation - Command Injection

systeminformation prior to 5.33.16 contains a command injection caused by improper sanitization of Unicode quotation marks in PowerShell filters in services(), letting attackers execute arbitrary PowerShell commands with Node.js process permissions, exploit requires attacker-controlled input forwarded to services() or getDynamicData().

CVSS base score 7.8 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
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Details

Type
Command Injection
Impact
Remote Code Execution, Data Tampering
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
26 October 2026
Updated
27 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-78

Vendor fix

Update to version 5.33.16 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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