GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-pqg4-j6r4-53mv shell-quote: `quote()` command injection via a line terminator in a token after a `{ comment }` token
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-102422
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- shell-quote
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
- Reviewed
- 2026-10-06
Affected packages
• npm shell-quote: >= 1.8.4, < 1.11.0 → fixed in 1.11.0
Description
Impact
`quote()` emits a `{ comment }` token as `#` followed by its text, which comments out the rest of the shell line, including the opening quote of any later string token. A line terminator in that later string ends the comment, and the rest of the string is parsed as shell input:
```js
quote(['echo', 'ok', { comment: 'x' }, 'a\nid;#']);
// echo ok #x 'a
// id;#'
```
Passed to `sh`, `bash`, `dash`, `ksh`, or `zsh`, this runs `id`.
`parse()` emits a comment token for a `#` in the middle of a word (for example `http://example.com/#frag`), so callers that combine `parse()` output with another untrusted string, such as `quote(parse(untrustedCommand).concat(untrustedArg))`, are affected. The fix for CVE-2026-9277 rejected line terminators in the comment's own text, but not in the tokens after it.
Exploitation requires an attacker-controlled string containing a line terminator that follows a `{ comment }` token in the same `quote()` call.
Patches
Fixed in v1.11.0: `quote()` throws a `TypeError` when a string after a `{ comment }` token contains a line terminator (`\n`, `\r`, U+2028, or U+2029).
Workarounds
Drop every token after a `{ comment }` token before calling `quote()`, or reject line terminators in untrusted strings. Separately, do not append other shell text after `quote()` output that contains a comment, since the comment swallows it.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-102422 shell-quote's `quote()` function emits a `{ comment }` token as `#` followed by its text, which comments out the rest of the shell line,… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness