ChetanXpro nodejs-whisper up to 0.3.1 Audio File convertToWavType os command injection

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in ChetanXpro nodejs-whisper up to 0.3.1. Impacted is the function convertToWavType of the component Audio File Handler. Such manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-110644. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in ChetanXpro nodejs-whisper up to 0.3.1. Affected by this issue is the function convertToWavType of the component Audio File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-110644 since 10/14/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/14/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• JavaScript Library

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• ChetanXpro

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• nodejs-whisper

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• 0.3.0
• 0.3.1

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• Product: https://github.com/ChetanXpro/nodejs-whisper/

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