Description
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.
Published: 2026-07-23
Score: 4.8 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title release-it conventional-changelog Changelog File index.js writeChangelog os command injection
First Time appeared Release-it
Release-it conventional-changelog
Weaknesses CWE-77
CWE-78
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:release-it:conventional-changelog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Release-it
Release-it conventional-changelog
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

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

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:X/RC:R'}

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:X/RC:R'}

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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Release-it Conventional-changelog
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-23T13:45:09.720Z

Reserved: 2026-07-23T07:39:05.652Z

Link: CVE-2026-16735

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-77

    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

  • CWE-78

    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')