CVE-2023-40185
Shescape on Windows escaping may be bypassed in threaded context
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Aug 23, 2023
- Updated
- Sep 30, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 9, 2023
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-150 Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
shescapeericcornelissen |
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References
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