CVE-2026-110644 ChetanXpro CVE debrief

Who should care

Defenders responsible for nodejs-whisper deployments should assess exposure and prioritize verification and potential updates. This includes reviewing the supplied official advisory or CVE record to validate affected scope, severity, and vendor guidance, and planning vendor-supported updates or mitigations through normal change control where exposure is confirmed.

Why it matters

Defenders should prioritize verifying and updating nodejs-whisper due to an OS command injection vulnerability allowing potential execution of arbitrary OS commands with Node.js process privileges.

• Potential execution of arbitrary OS commands
• Possible elevation of privileges
• Required verification of nodejs-whisper versions
• Potential impact on Node.js process privileges

Technical summary

The convertToWavType() function in nodejs-whisper through 0.3.1 is vulnerable to OS command injection. 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. The vulnerability is caused by the lack of proper input validation, and defenders should prioritize verifying and updating nodejs-whisper to a version beyond 0.3.1, if available, and assess exposure in their environments.

Defensive priority

Defenders should prioritize verifying and updating nodejs-whisper to a version beyond 0.3.1, if available, and assess exposure in their environments.

Recommended defensive actions

• Verify nodejs-whisper version and update to a non-affected version if available
• Assess exposure in environments using nodejs-whisper
• Monitor for potential exploitation attempts
• Review compensating controls for exposed systems while remediation is scheduled and verified
• Check relevant monitoring, detection, and logs for exposed assets that need extra review
• Track exceptions, retest remediated assets, and close the item only after evidence is documented
• Confirm whether affected product deployments exist in managed environments and assign an owner for follow-up

Evidence notes

The CVE record and source item provide details on the OS command injection vulnerability in nodejs-whisper through 0.3.1. The vulnerability is caused by the lack of proper input validation in the convertToWavType() function, which allows attackers to execute OS commands. The source item and CVE record provide evidence of the vulnerability and its potential impact.

Sources and references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.