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.

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
n/a oclif affected
Version Status Constraints
4.23.0 affected —
4.23.1 affected —
4.23.2 affected —
4.23.3 affected —
4.23.4 affected —
4.23.5 affected —
4.23.6 affected —
4.23.7 affected —
4.23.8 affected —
4.23.9 affected —
4.23.10 affected —
4.23.11 affected —
4.23.12 affected —
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4.23.14 affected —
4.23.15 affected —
4.23.16 affected —

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References
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https://github.com/oclif/oclif/ cve-icon
https://github.com/oclif/oclif/commit/939b045725e065baebc4587b8bccfd56731eed3d cve-icon
https://github.com/oclif/oclif/issues/2051 cve-icon
https://github.com/oclif/oclif/pull/2052 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-16628 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/860149 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/382372 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/382372/cti cve-icon
History

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title oclif JIT Plugin Entry child_process.exec os command injection
First Time appeared Oclif
Oclif oclif
Weaknesses CWE-77
CWE-78
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:oclif:oclif:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Oclif
Oclif oclif
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': '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'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': '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'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, '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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-22T21:00:12.521Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T15:53:15.527Z

Link: CVE-2026-16628

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