CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-10541

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2018-05-31 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-05-31
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-78, CWE-94

Description

The npm module "shell-quote" 1.6.0 and earlier cannot correctly escape ">" and "<" operator used for redirection in shell. Applications that depend on shell-quote may also be vulnerable. A malicious user could perform code injection.

Affected configurations

• shell-quote project shell-quote (< 1.6.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References