{"id":"CVE-2026-16631","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-16631","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:10:36.487Z","title":"A vulnerability was detected in publint up to 0.1.4.","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\".","published":"2026-07-23T00:16:27.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-23T15:25:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"cna@vuldb.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":1.9,"severity":"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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-77","CWE-78"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.01083,"percentile":0.64964,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.08%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/publint/publint/","source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/publint/publint/commit/adf2d9a09945fc98c85a2520a89f441d78b2dbd8","source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/publint/publint/issues/236","source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/publint/publint/pull/238","source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-16631","source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/submit/860239","source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/382381","source":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/382381/cti","source":"cna@vuldb.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16631","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}