CVE-2026-16628

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-07-23. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekElevated
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
46%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 22, 2026

Last Modified

July 23, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Jul 26, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github_pr.
github_pr Patch Available

fix: prevent command injection by jit plugins @W-23028384@

Patch available: oclif/oclif 4.23.20 (PR #2052 merged 2026-06-22)

https://github.com/oclif/oclif/pull/2052
generic

Command injection in `oclif manifest` via `package.json` `oclif.jitPlugins` · Issue #2051 · oclif/oclif · GitHub

https://github.com/oclif/oclif/issues/2051
github_commit

commit 939b045725e0 (oclif/oclif)

Fix landed in oclif/oclif commit 939b045725e0 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/oclif/oclif/commit/939b045725e065baebc4587b8bccfd56731eed3d
generic

GitHub - oclif/oclif: CLI for generating, building, and releasing oclif CLIs. Built by Salesforce. · GitHub

https://github.com/oclif/oclif/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16628(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 21× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-28 05:46 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-28 05:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-27 04:34 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-27 04:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-26 03:22 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-26 03:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-23 16:11 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 1.9
  14. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-23 14:09 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v4 → 4.8
  17. 2026-07-23 03:06 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-22 23:25 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-07-22 23:24 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 1.9
  20. 2026-07-22 21:30 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-22 21:29 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16628?
CVE-2026-16628 is a medium vulnerability published on July 22, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-16628 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16628 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 22, 2026, with the most recent update on July 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16628 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16628 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 53.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16628?
CVE-2026-16628 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16628?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16628, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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