A security vulnerability has been detected in release-it conventional-changelog up to 11.0.1. This affects the function writeChangelog of the file index.js of the component Changelog File Handler. Such manipulation of the argument infile leads to os command injection.
The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Attack Parameters
Attack Vector
Local
Requires local access
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Attack Requirements
None
No additional conditions
Privileges Required
Low
Basic privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed
Impact Assessment
Confidentiality
Low
Partial data leak
Integrity
Low
Partial data modification
Availability
Low
Partial disruption
CVSS Vector v4.0
Weakness Type (CWE)
References 6
https://github.com/release-it/conventional-changelog/
cna@vuldb.com
https://github.com/release-it/conventional-changelog/issues/149
cna@vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-16735
cna@vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/submit/861024
cna@vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/vuln/382479
cna@vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/vuln/382479/cti
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