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CVE-2023-40185

CVE-2023-40185 · Shescape on Windows escaping may be bypassed in threaded context

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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.

CVSS 6.5 · Medium · EPSS 0.7% · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: node

Affected products and versions

  • shescape

    Versions
    • < 1.7.4: Affected

    No fix published

  • shescape npm

    Affected ranges
    • SEMVER: < 1.7.4

    Update to 1.7.4

Original sources

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