CVE-2026-16631

publint package-manager pack.js 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 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".

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
publintn/a	0.1.0Affected 0.1.1Affected 0.1.2Affected 0.1.3Affected 0.1.4Affected

References

VDB-382381 | publint package-manager pack.js child_process.exec os command injectionvdb-entrytechnical-description
VDB-382381 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
CVE-2026-16631 | CVE Analysis and Reportthird-party-advisory
Submit #860239 | Node.js @publint/pack 0.1.4 OS Command Injectionthird-party-advisory
https://github.com/publint/publint/issues/236exploitissue-tracking
https://github.com/publint/publint/pull/238issue-trackingpatch
https://github.com/publint/publint/commit/adf2d9a09945fc98c85a2520a89f441d78b2dbd8patch
https://github.com/publint/publint/product

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