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CVE-2026-16631

A vulnerability was detected in publint up to 0.1.4. This impacts the function child_process.exec of the file src/node/pack.js of the component package-manager Command Handler. The manipulation results in os command injection. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is identified as adf2d9a09945fc98c85a2520a89f441d78b2dbd8. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue. The project maintainer explains: "I think it's very rare for some
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:df5eed96cd8678964e69257420c2ab974e6470f8174d7129a830fc51fbaaa878
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
2

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 4 assertions

{"metric":{"baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

{"metric":{"baseScore":4.8,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","version":"4.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

{"metric":{"baseScore":4.3,"vectorString":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C","version":"2.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV2_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/metrics/3/cvssV2_0

{"metric":{"baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_0"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/metrics/2/cvssV3_0
cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-77","description":"Command Injection","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0

{"cweId":"CWE-78","description":"OS Command Injection","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:publint:publint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"modules":["package-manager Command Handler"],"product":"publint","vendor":"n/a","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"0.1.0"},{"status":"affected","version":"0.1.1"},{"status":"affected","version":"0.1.2"},{"status":"affected","version":"0.1.3"},{"status":"affected","version":"0.1.4"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

4 source assertions
{"metric":{"baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1
{"metric":{"baseScore":4.8,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","version":"4.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
{"metric":{"baseScore":4.3,"vectorString":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C","version":"2.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV2_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/metrics/3/cvssV2_0
{"metric":{"baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/metrics/2/cvssV3_0

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-77","description":"Command Injection","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-78","description":"OS Command Injection","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

8 source assertions
{"tags":["product"],"url":"https://github.com/publint/publint/"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/references/7
{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/publint/publint/commit/adf2d9a09945fc98c85a2520a89f441d78b2dbd8"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/references/6
{"tags":["exploit","issue-tracking"],"url":"https://github.com/publint/publint/issues/236"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"tags":["issue-tracking","patch"],"url":"https://github.com/publint/publint/pull/238"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"name":"CVE-2026-16631 | CVE Analysis and Report","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-16631"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"Submit #860239 | Node.js @publint/pack 0.1.4 OS Command Injection","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/submit/860239"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"name":"VDB-382381 | publint package-manager pack.js child_process.exec os command injection","tags":["vdb-entry","technical-description"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/382381"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"VDB-382381 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)","tags":["signature","permissions-required"],"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/382381/cti"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:a66b554965c1e634fb81599286ef2d772c398a1b1ba2de803913fdd2b31791f5 · sha256:47cda825afb7b474… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

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