CVE-2026-16628

oclif JIT Plugin Entry child_process.exec os command injection

State: Published
Severity: 4.8 Medium
Published: Jul 22, 2026
Updated: Jul 23, 2026
Reserved: Jul 22, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was detected in oclif up to 4.23.16. Affected by this vulnerability is the function child_process.exec of the component JIT Plugin Entry Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument jitPlugins results in os command injection. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named 939b045725e065baebc4587b8bccfd56731eed3d. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	4.8 Medium	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	VulDB
3.1	5.3 Medium	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	VulDB
3.0	5.3 Medium	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	VulDB
2.0	4.3 Medium	AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C	VulDB

Weaknesses

CWE-78 OS Command Injection
CWE-77 Command Injection

Affected Products

Product	Versions
oclifn/a	4.23.0Affected 4.23.1Affected 4.23.2Affected 4.23.3Affected 4.23.4Affected 4.23.5Affected 4.23.6Affected 4.23.7Affected 4.23.8Affected 4.23.9Affected 4.23.10Affected 4.23.11Affected 4.23.12Affected 4.23.13Affected 4.23.14Affected 4.23.15Affected 4.23.16Affected

References

VDB-382372 | oclif JIT Plugin Entry child_process.exec os command injectionvdb-entrytechnical-description
VDB-382372 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
CVE-2026-16628 | CVE Analysis and Reportthird-party-advisory
Submit #860149 | Node.js oclif 4.23.16 OS Command Injectionthird-party-advisory
https://github.com/oclif/oclif/issues/2051exploitissue-tracking
https://github.com/oclif/oclif/pull/2052issue-trackingpatch
https://github.com/oclif/oclif/commit/939b045725e065baebc4587b8bccfd56731eed3dpatch
https://github.com/oclif/oclif/product

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