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title: "CVE-2026-116576: systeminformation - Command Injection"
description: "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()."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-116576/
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# 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

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116576)

## 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](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html)

## 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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116576](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116576)
- [https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/security/advisories/GHSA-3f7j-7jwc-fxfj](https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/security/advisories/GHSA-3f7j-7jwc-fxfj)
- [https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/commit/5014c6d25cfce7363b937977327baa853cdba0bf](https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/commit/5014c6d25cfce7363b937977327baa853cdba0bf)
- [https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/releases/tag/v5.33.16](https://github.com/sebhildebrandt/systeminformation/releases/tag/v5.33.16)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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