CVE-2023-40185

Summary

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 Software

Weaknesses

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

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/security/advisories/GHSA-j55r-787p-m549
• https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/pull/1142
• https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/0b976dab645abf45ffd85e74a8c6e51ee2f42d63
• https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/releases/tag/v1.7.4

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

• https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/security/advisories/GHSA-j55r-787p-m549
• https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/pull/1142
• https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/0b976dab645abf45ffd85e74a8c6e51ee2f42d63
• https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/releases/tag/v1.7.4

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