VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-40185

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.68%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-08-23
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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.

Weakness classification

  • security-advisories@github.com: CWE-150

Primary references