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CVE-2023-40185

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Date: August 23, 2023

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.

Language: JS

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Related Resources (7)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40185
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/releases/tag/v1.7.4
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://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-40185

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences

CWE-150

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): CHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

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