CVE-2026-94106

getID3 before 1.9.26 OS Command Injection via Unescaped Filenames

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 20, 2026 at 11:09 AM UTC
Updated: September 22, 2026 at 08:41 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsGETID3GETID3

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

getID3 before 1.9.26 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in shell-out handlers that fail to escape filenames in command strings. Attackers can craft malicious filenames containing shell metacharacters to inject arbitrary commands executed with the privileges of the process embedding getID3.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.9.26
Affected range stops below 1.9.26, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.9.26
Vendor states this is fixed in 1.9.26 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-78

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