{"id":"CVE-2026-43893","revision":"8594a2b780f2491993a6b746726847dd","records":[{"revision":"8594a2b780f2491993a6b746726847dd","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-43893","aliases":[],"title":"exiftool-vendored: Argument injection via newline characters in tag names","description":"exiftool-vendored provides cross-platform Node.js access to ExifTool. Prior to 35.19.0, exiftool-vendored starts ExifTool in -stay_open True -@ - mode, where arguments are read from stdin one per line. In affected versions, several caller-supplied strings were interpolated into ExifTool arguments without rejecting line delimiters. A newline or carriage return inside one of those strings could split a single intended argument into multiple ExifTool arguments, allowing argument injection. The fix also rejects NUL bytes as unsafe control characters. Applications that pass attacker-controlled strings to affected APIs may allow an attacker to make ExifTool read files accessible to the ExifTool process, or write output to attacker-chosen file system paths accessible to that process. No remote code execution has been demonstrated. This vulnerability is fixed in 35.19.0.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-05-11T20:59:14.56+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-05-12T12:54:40.823+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"exiftool-vendored.js","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"vendor\": \"photostructure\",\n                    \"product\": \"exiftool-vendored.js\",\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"< 35.19.0\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","score":8.2,"severity":"HIGH"}],"references":["https://github.com/photostructure/exiftool-vendored.js/security/advisories/GHSA-cw26-7653-2rp5"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43893","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2026-43893","identifiers":["CVE-2026-43893"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}