CVE-2026-15187

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.34.3
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-07-09. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated
4.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 4.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A security flaw has been discovered in enquirer up to 2.4.1. Affected is the function Enquirer.set of the component Public Package API. The manipulation of the argument question.name results in improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report.

CVSS v3
4.3
EG Score
4.3(high)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: 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
Severity43% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
16%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 9, 2026

Last Modified

July 9, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 9, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

Prototype pollution through public `Enquirer` prompt flow when `question.name` contains `__proto__` · Issue #487 · enquirer/enquirer · GitHub

https://github.com/enquirer/enquirer/issues/487#issuecomment-4648521328
generic🟡 PoC Available

Prototype pollution through public `Enquirer` prompt flow when `question.name` contains `__proto__` · Issue #487 · enquirer/enquirer · GitHub

https://github.com/enquirer/enquirer/issues/487
generic

GitHub - enquirer/enquirer: Stylish, intuitive and user-friendly prompts. Used by eslint, webpack, yarn, pm2, pnpm, RedwoodJS, FactorJS, salesforce, Cypress, Google Lighthouse, Generate, tencent cloudbase, lint-staged, gluegun, hygen, hardhat, AWS Amplify, GitHub Actions Toolkit, @airbnb/nimbus, and more! Please follow Enquirer's author: https://github.com/jonschlinkert · GitHub

https://github.com/enquirer/enquirer/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-15187(2)

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

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatrust-main-1.96.1-1.hum12026-07-02redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(2)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 37× 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. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-27 12:33 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-27 12:33 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-27 12:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-26 12:19 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-26 12:19 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-07-26 12:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-23 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-16 17:21 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-07-16 17:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-16 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-15 17:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-14 16:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-13 16:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-13 06:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-12 16:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-11 16:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-10 15:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-09 17:00 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 2.1
  11. 2026-07-09 15:37 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-09 15:35 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-15187?
CVE-2026-15187 is a medium vulnerability published on July 9, 2026. A security flaw has been discovered in enquirer up to 2.4.1. Affected is the function Enquirer.set of the component Public Package API. The manipulation of the argument question.name results in improperly controlled modification of object prototype attributes. The attack can be launched remotely.…
When was CVE-2026-15187 disclosed?
CVE-2026-15187 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-15187 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-15187 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 83.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-15187?
CVE-2026-15187 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-15187?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-15187, 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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