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FKIE_CVE-2026-16488

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-22 00:17 - Updated: 2026-07-22 16:25
Severity
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
A vulnerability was determined in QUSETIONS MiniCode-Python 0.1.0. This vulnerability affects the function subprocess.Popen of the file minicode/config.py of the component Project File Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to os command injection. The attack may be launched remotely. A high complexity level is associated with this attack. It is stated that the exploitability is difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Upgrading to version 0.1.0-rc1 is able to resolve this issue. This patch is called 9d868dc2550f426c6ddf8ee98f30ffe450ca5e32. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
References
cna@vuldb.comhttps://gist.github.com/menelausx/2e6275222cb2e8aa412a145ba7abec66
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/QUSETIONS/MiniCode-Python/
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/QUSETIONS/MiniCode-Python/commit/9d868dc2550f426c6ddf8ee98f30ffe450ca5e32
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/QUSETIONS/MiniCode-Python/issues/13
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/QUSETIONS/MiniCode-Python/issues/13#issuecomment-4764889606
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/QUSETIONS/MiniCode-Python/releases/tag/v0.1.0-rc1
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-16488
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/submit/860017
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/vuln/380945
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/vuln/380945/cti
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