Vulnerability · Published Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by TuranSec

CVE-2026-71243backmeup (npm) - OS Command Injection via Backup Option Values

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity OS command injection in backmeup from adaltas. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The backmeup npm package assembles shell command strings by directly concatenating its option values (name, source, destination, filter) - e.g. cmd = "mkdir -p " + path.join(info.destination, info.name) + "; " - and executes the resulting string through a shell via ssh2-exec (locally via child_process, or remotely via SSH when an ssh handle is supplied), rather than using execFile/spawn with an argument array.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
adaltas	backmeup	0 – through 0.0.2

Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/adaltas/node-backmeup third-party-advisory