CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-40185

8.6 HIGH Published 2023-08-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-08-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-150

Description

shescape is simple shell escape library for JavaScript. This may impact users that use Shescape on Windows in a threaded context. The vulnerability can result in Shescape escaping (or quoting) for the wrong shell, thus allowing attackers to bypass protections depending on the combination of expected and used shell. This bug has been patched in version 1.7.4.

Affected configurations

• shescape project shescape (< 1.7.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-150 Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences weakness

References