CVE-2026-73412

Shescape is a simple shell escape library for JavaScript. Prior to 2.1.14 and 3.0.1, this impacts users of Shescape on Unix systems that explicitly configure shell to Zsh, or true when the default shell is Zsh, using the escape and escapeAll. The Zsh options EXTENDED_GLOB and MAGIC_EQUAL_SUBST exacerbate the problem. In certain case, an attacker can leverage home directory expansion and extended glob syntax to obtain lists of files and directories on the system. Depending on what the command does, this may be used to leak more information. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.14 and 3.0.1.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/43d70b59d09bbe5c3fd02ef08b3a123e977ed9de
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/commit/b4b34c394e7f9da2775bb75381066b9a228c425f
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/pull/2649
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/pull/2651
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/releases/tag/v2.1.14
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/releases/tag/v3.0.1
https://github.com/ericcornelissen/shescape/security/advisories/GHSA-6v4m-fw66-8r4x

Configurations

No configuration.

History

12 Aug 2026, 20:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-08-12 20:17

Updated : 2026-08-12 20:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-73412

Mitre link : CVE-2026-73412

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-73412

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-78

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CWE-155

Improper Neutralization of Wildcards or Matching Symbols

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