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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-16631 Detail

Description

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 someone to use this package with untrusted input".


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-BT 1.9 LOW
Vector:  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

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/publint/publint/ VulDB
https://github.com/publint/publint/commit/adf2d9a09945fc98c85a2520a89f441d78b2dbd8 VulDB
https://github.com/publint/publint/issues/236 VulDB
https://github.com/publint/publint/pull/238 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-16631 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/submit/860239 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/382381 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/382381/cti VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') VulDB  
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-16631
NVD Published Date:
07/22/2026
NVD Last Modified:
07/23/2026
Source:
VulDB